On a list of stories that challenged me as a storyteller, Wrath tops the list. I was sincerely terrified to write this story. Not because I thought it wouldn’t be good, but because of how much I knew I’d have to anchor myself in my character, Lauryn James. My friends-to-lovers love story Last Comes Love took a lot out of me after I wrote it, and I was concerned that Wrath would do the same. And it did—but in such a beautiful way, much like LCL. I told myself Lauryn’s story would be a progressive journey toward happily ever after, with surprising pivots that would feel like the end of the world but were really just part of the necessary path. And one of those pivots happened in chapter 20… the chapter that captured Asher and Lauryn’s first intimate encounter.
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