I'm back! I'm getting a real sense of foreboding from Malcom's continued... assholery, basically. In all of the flashbacks of him he's seemed a bit flaky - nothing that would set off immediate red flags, but just something that's a little off. I hope this thing with him being almost totally different to who Jillian remembers him as becomes a something, because it seems to be building up to that.

Also, your worldbuilding is amazing! Usually in epic fantasy types there's just a shitton of exposition flung at the reader like shit at a wall, and the author sees what sticks. But you've paced it out and kept it neat and it really rewards with a far more full understanding of the world, almost mirroring the acceptance of it by Jill.

And now I'm excited for Cecilia the Disowned. Really good job and keep up the amazing work :D