Legacy Mutation (Book Eight)

Author's Note

The series...is over.

Oh my gosh.

Yes, I'm editing and still completing some books, but the finality is that...it's over.

I'm kind of emotional right now, to be honest.

All I really have to say is thank you.

Thank you for watching Destiny go from a lonely wolf-girl to a stubborn, scarred, but fiercely loving wolf-raven.

Thank you for being with Sarina as she not only regained her humanity, but fell in love along the way.

Thank you for watching Raphael accept his feelings for a human girl.

Thank you for laughing as Michelangelo fell head over heels for Annalise.

Thank you for watching them grow together. Thank you for watching Leonardo and Destiny realize what a relationship is and how, no matter what, they're going to stick together.

Thank you for being with them when they had their little miracles.

Thank you for reading the kids' stories as they grew from little babies to fourteen-year-olds.

Thank you for watching Dean learn that beauty is only skin deep, and that sometimes the person you needed all along is right in front of you. Thank you for being there for him when he felt like he would never be the same again.

Thank you for being there with Copeland through all the sass, all the protectiveness, and everything she did to become a better turtle at the end of the day. Thank you for loving her songs.

Thank you for watching Asher lose his best friend and meet someone who changed his life. Thank you for watching him become more and more like Donatello every day.

Thank you for reading about Dakota, with her mother's sass overruling her father's adorableness, for loving how she destroyed the nerd stereotype by being just as intelligent as she is feisty.

Thank you for laughing with Mitch, who may not be the smartest, but is certainly the happiest. Thank you for reading his dedication to his family and his growth.

Thank you for watching Venus grow. Thank you for seeing her develop into more than just the baby of the family.

Thank you for watching them stick together no matter what. Thank you for seeing how much Leonardo and Raphael have carried on into Dean and Copeland. Thank you for noticing Asher and Donatello's likeness. Thank you for noticing Sarina and Dakota's. Thank you for noticing Mitch and Michelangelo's father/son likeness and Venus and Destiny's.

Thank you, readers, for taking the time to go through six books (not yet completed) of my Hamato family creation. Thank you for seeing their hardships, crying and laughing with them, and loving them in a way that I think is astounding.

Thank you all so much.

Thank you.

~Hope <3