Sorry this was several hours late. I had my computer die and have only just recovered. My data drive, however, is sitting on a shelf next to me until my external housing for it arrives.

Once again, I present a long form story only available on my Patreon. Only the first 5 parts of the story will be made available so consider yourself warned that there won't be a freely available conclusion to this story. My Patreon has new material released twice a week for only $3 a month. The prior teaser, The Cabin, is fully available on my Patreon. The table of contents index on my Patreon is here.

Enough with the plug. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Comments are always appreciated, though this story hasn't gotten any comments so far. 

Links and up coming schedule.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 5 available Aug 26
Short Story: The Tell-Tale Hand (Sept 4)
Short Story: The Transformation Inspector (Sept 18)