Minor spoilers ahead - Don't read further unless you want to be spoiled.
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I'll be honest. I originally didn't think this was going to work. It's going to take a 'LOT' to get this to work. However, after much planning and remapping of character arcs going forward, this might just actually work. When Berserker88 signed over literary rights of his character, Steven Stinkman, to me for the Legend of Ahya series, Ari had already been created and book 1 was in the beta reading phase while book 2 was still just an outline. He fell hard and fast for this character and loved everything about her. One of the stipulations of the contract for usage of his character was also wanting to be paired up with Ari - an odd choice to be sure and definitely one I was not expecting!
At first, I had no idea how this was going to happen! She was a villain in book 1 and slated to remain so in book 2 and she has done some awful and horrible things - things she WILL need to atone for if she was ever to be seen in any sort of positive reader light to justify this future relationship. But since I wanted Steven so badly as older brother to Taylor like we all had originally planned years ago, I agreed and began to work with Berserker88 to lay down the foundations that would travel the course of several books that... inspiration willing, will lead to hopefully a wonderful interaction that will delight readers and bring a worthy arc to two already beloved characters in the budding LoA fandom. Quite the unlikely pair and their journey to their happiness is going to be full of unexpected twists and turns. I'm excited to show you what we've got planned!
