Kind of a funny story, but the reason why I had writer's block while writing Darkly Devoted for so long was because, in my original outline, I intended to kill Blake in "Love of my Death." That's why it was called "Love of my Death," because he was supposed to die in it. It's funny when I think about it. The characters of Vivienne, Melody, Gabriel, Ailith, Julian were always supposed to exist in Manna City. But Blake never existed in my original story. In fact, that's why I chose the name "Blake" because it started with the letter "B" meaning beta. Not the hero, not the Alpha. Darkly Devoted was about how Vivienne eventually learns to love Calbert because they shared a bond together. It was supposed to be a book about how true love and love at first sight doesn't exist.

But somehow, he hijacked the story. In Darkly Wed, I thought about killing him again. I thought about having Vivienne become fully aware of how evil he was and killing him when she discovered he was alive. But once again I changed my mind. "Why should Vivienne do it? Didn't she do enough? Why not do something more interesting with her character? Why not just go for it, go to the dark side, and see how far it will take you? Someone has to challenge Blake one day, but that someone shouldn't have to be Vivienne."

So, eventually, the plucky girl who finally has the guts to stand up to Blake turned out to be Ailith. I must say, I think she's a much better choice than Vivienne. Ailith is the only person in this series who fully comprehends who Blake is, who completely empathizes with him, loves him, but is strong enough to stop him. 

I must say, on nights like these, and I have time to dream, I'm most excited to one day write the next part of Darkly Devoted.