I'm doing a little better today, but still later than I wish. Chapter 206 is now available. This chapter focuses on Eudokia's great planned escape. How she is going to get everyone free. It setup things to make the reader not aware of everything from the start, but at the end I start filling them in on the details.

There are several things at play during the bigger scene at the end of the chapter. This is where I start providing some answers to who the intruders, but they only end up adding new questions as they are not the answers you'd expect. There is a lot more going on. Since I'm playing a long-term game here don't expect all of the answers soon.

The important thing though is seeing how Eudokia made use of the skills she learned from Dareia. It makes things interesting for Eudokia, but does not completely present her in the best of possible lights. Which is something that I wanted to go with. It explains about who she actually is and how she has everything she has, but you realize that everything she gained is not necessarily the best way to go about things. However, she was in a situation where she needed to survive and you do whatever is needed to survive. So Eudokia cast herself into the gray to survive. I'm not sure if one would call it darkness just yet, but it is a tittering edge for her.

If all goes as planned, the aftermath will be covered completely in the next chapter.

Enjoy!