Considering I couldn’t even have my own room during this convention, my nerves were shot, my sanity was gone, and I was down to my last shred of patience. It was my damned fake fiancée wearing me out.

But the lack of sleep wasn’t what was making me so tired. As I’d suspected, Kaylee had dragged me to a party last night and I hadn’t gotten to bed until almost 3:30 a.m. Not because I was bored-I was genuinely looking forward to this discussion panel-I was just beat. I had to cover a yawn as I settled into my seat up on the dais. No matter how tempting it may be to just keep scrolling down, stop now go read the book first. Reading this scene first will RUIN EVERYTHING.

If you haven’t read Cinder & Ella yet, stop reading now and go read the book. The following scene is utterly and completely spoilerific. Apparently Brian had been bottling up a lot of thoughts all this time, and he was eager to finally have the opportunity to voice them.Īnyway, all that said, here is the infamous scene where Brian and Ella meet face to face for the first time. My “scene” became almost thirty pages of bonus material. We need Brian’s thoughts through this scene, so I sat down at my computer this week and started to write. It’s just too epic of a scene to only get one side of it. Of all the scenes in the book, there is one in particular that I’ve always wished I had in Brian’s POV as well as Ella’s. I know they’ll be patient a while longer in order to have a whole second book full of Brian and Ella awesomeness. Still, I didn’t like having nothing to give you wonderful readers at the anniversary party, so I decided to write a scene I’ve wanted to write for a long time. I figured no one would complain about the story turning into a novel even if that meant it wouldn’t be ready in time for the two-year anniversary party like I’d promised my reader squad. Happily Ever After was not an epilogue it was a full-length novel. By page 100 I realized I had to simply accept what was.

Well…that epilogue quickly turned into a short story instead, which then evolved into more of a novella. I had originally decided that since I was doing a new cover for the book, it would be fun to finally give you guys the epilogue you constantly ask for. So I thought of an idea and started to write. Hey guys! With the read-along in the fan group, the cover re-design, the 2 year anniversary party, and writing the sequel, I’ve been in a Cinder & Ella kind of mood lately.

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