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The Sisters of Dorley — Chapter 25 — Like an Angel (27,585 words) (Patreon)

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I had a couple of goes starting this chapter, so it's been kinda delayed, but I got it in just before the end of the month, so it still counts as a September chapter.

It still counts!

It's another (very) long epub, so you might find your reader inserts a page break somewhere strange. I don't know why some readers do this; they just do. I'm hoping to have a fix for the book release.

Edit: A typo! Zoe found a typo! I was getting freaked out that no-one had found any! Anyway it's fixed

Edit October 2nd: Fixed more typos and made it so the epub and mobi copies don't think they're chapter 24 any more.

Edit October 6th: Another typo!

Final edit October 8th: I made a couple of very minor text changes for the free release, and put them up here, too.

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Comments

DitzTits

Where do I even start with this? Goddamn. You juggled perspectives in such an insanely talented way for building the suspense throughout this chapter, and all of the reveals and catharsis and everything just hit like a truck. I managed to keep it together throughout most of it, but "Sure, Em is fine," broke me. Here I was thinking last chapter was some of the best writing I've ever seen and then you go and one-up it here. Just. Damn. Well done. Edit: I almost forgot to mention the mugs. The TMNT one had me wheeze loud enough that I'm pretty sure my metamour on the other side of the house thought I'd suddenly developed asthma.

Helena Grace

The mugs were fantastic. I think I have second hand euphoria from the chapter and all the emotions swirling around. This was exactly the catharsis we needed after Chapter 24. A few things I wanted to happen did and I was delighted to see them. Melissa needs to plan better because that was a terrible one, we'll blame that on the two hours of sleep. Faye trying to defend Christine was adorable. Someone earned a friend for life. The secret is spreading out of control. I half expect Rachel to show up with the police because who listens to voicemail. Oh I'm in a meeting or presentation and someone tried to call. Oh look they just emailed. I can read this under the table without anyone noticing That letter to Zach will either be a red herring or a major problem. Loved it at always.

Carrie

Goddamn that was a rollercoaster! Genuinely incredible pacing, you are a wildly talented writer (PS - What in gods name is Maria’s idea of a ten?!)

Jennifer May

Damn, I keep saying every chapter is excellent, but um…they really all are?!? Absolutely packed to the gills chapter, god there’s just so much here. The reunions! The developments with Aaron! Melisa! Steph! What a ride, a wild one, but a great one none the less. Also I need someone to make the TMNT mug, for reasons.

Jennifer May
>>92690925

Oh absolutely! But if I can only have one the TMNT mug has to be at the top slot (for now…)

Chloe

Holy shit. I don’t think I can find the words to properly express how in awe I am of your writing but every chapter just blows me away and makes me *feel* so many things

Chloe
>>92695875

Every chapter also strengthens the desire to just be able to give Aaron a hug

Aester W.

Do I spy a teaser for Aaron's new name? Also thank GOD Melissa and Steph finally got to reunite and it wasn't a total mess. Can Dorley Hall really call itself a successful industry while so many of its graduates are total disaster lesbians?

Nina

One of the most wonderful chapters to date! I was on the edge of my seat with all the pov switches! So much suspense and the best type of climax!! I loved it!

Nina

Also, continuity question, I think you said Christine was warming lasagne for Pippa, paige, steph, and herself; later in the chapter Steph is eating curry that Christine got. I may just be remembering this wrong but thought I’d bring it up. Still one of the best chapters!!

Allie

What an amazing chapter!

Allie
>>92703697

I am now completely out of emotions for the weekend 😅

alysongreaves
>>92703069

The idea was there was no more lasagne to heat up, and the ones she was microwaving before everything happened went cold, so she picked up curry from the fridge. That could probably be more clear! (I might add an edit when I make the chapter public.)

Nina
>>92703069

Ahhh I get it now, I guess I was thinking Christine was making lasagne or went and got it from a restaurant. That might be based on my own experiences because I’m not a huge fan of leftovers 😅

Ellavescent

That was quite the chapter! I’m blaming you for me reading it at 2am

Bri

I still could gush for an eternity about Dorley. It's a consistently engaging story with great prose about really interesting, three-dimensional characters, it's introspective about gender, it's legitimately funny, etc. etc. But what I think I find most impressive is your ability to balance tone. Dorley is like, the only none erotica, none horror force-femme prose story I am aware of. And as such I feel like there's a knife's edge to balance of not letting it get too disturbing to read while also not getting away from the premise. Before I read the first few chapters I would've pretty staunchly argued that force-femme was unworkable genre for anything that wasn't horny, scary, highly tongue-in-cheek, etc. I was proven wrong then, and every time I feel a moment of doubt about the story's continued success the next chapter proves me wrong again. I guess what I'm trying to get at is that there's a blend of drama, comedy, tension, and more that keeps Dorley working so well, and you balance it all super well. Even at the lightest moments, The Hall never looses it's sense of foreboding. And even at the darkest moments, well, there's a mug or a monologue about masturbation coming up to break the tension. It's aware of the absurdity of it's premise, but it doesn't use that self awareness to remove gravitas or dampen sincerity when the story calls for it. In a single chapter I go from nervously tense to laughing to feeling a tear run down my cheek and without even noticing the shift. (To actually talk about the chapter now) Stephanie and Melissa, holy shit. Long lost siblings being reunited after a decade apart, embracing once as brothers and now as sisters. Both have become very different to who they were before, but their love for each other remains just as strong as the day they separated. I cried a little. (A lot.) I'm so excited to see Melissa and Shahida's reunion. The first scene ending with Aaron and Stephanie in separate bedrooms, steph screaming into her pillow, and the final scene ending with Stephanie falling asleep in Aaron's (Ariel's?) embrace, it's all so good. Really enjoyed the chapter, as always am quite excited to read what's next. (Sorry for the wall of text)

Veryy

To be fair, I had 24 chapters of momentum accumulated in not very many more hours. My wallet never stood a chance. This chapter bangs. Everything kinda resolves all at once and I don’t think there’s a higher-energy chapter in all that story. I know there’s going to be fallout from the containment breach but for now I’m just so happy that steph/melissa are back in each other’s lives. So much to look forward to in this story!

E

I don't regret cashing out to get this chapter early one bit - this was a phenomenal read and a very explosive conclusion to some of the threads that have been building since the very beginning. I do feel sad for Aaron though. If chapter 24 is where he got put on a no-brake train to identity reshaping, this one has confirmed he's not getting off no matter what. Not even something like Steph's stunt will remove all the hooks and manipulations Dorley has in him now. He is done for. Just because I don't think anyone else has caught it yet: I think there's a typo/error in 'Melissa pulls Stef’s face around so she has to look in your eyes' (wrong adjective).

Emory Ahlberg

I’m late again, but I’m so jazzed for this chapter! * God, the opening scene with Steph and Aaron is just… incredible. I love how Stef is not totally Dorley-pilled when it comes to Aaron. How can she watch a boy she loves be abused and mutilated when she already thinks he has come a long, long way in a short amount of time? And then Stef backpaddles. This is a process that has gone “smoothly” for years. And SHE is the problem? Girl, no. You might be the one to fix Dorley. (I hope) * Oh God! She told him she knew! I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long. How the hell is Aaron going to react? Of course, Stef didn’t know it was a FORCED feminization program. That’s an important piece of info, Stephanie! * Melissa on her way back to Dorley! Oh, my! She has so many (justified) feelings about that place. She feels like a live grenade being hurled into an already smoldering ammunition pile. I love it. * I’m beginning to wonder where Aunt Bea is… She seems conspicuously absent lately. * Yes! Investigator Shahida is on the case, and the girl is GOOD. Maybe too good. People seem to keep forgetting that Dorley has a history of MURDER to keep its secrets. * LOL at Shahida using FaceApp for Melissa. * Aaron’s next scene is, again, brilliant. In my view, what Aaron’s crimes absolutely DO NOT call for “being erased,” as he puts it. Part of Dorley’s program seems to be to make the boys even MORE self-hating than they may have been already. They need to be convinced that they were evil and irredeemable as men—that their only path to salvation is through womanhood. So, they inflict more psychological trauma to push them to that very dark and lonely place before offering them a way out. Another reason why Dorley is evil. 😉 * “Punitive action.” Two little words that mean so much. CHILLING. * Pippa is proving me right with her “self-disgust” comment. I feel vindicated. 😉 * The cutting back-and-forth with Melissa’s arrival is both thrilling and stress-inducing. Brava! * “Probably one of their humiliation rituals, one of the ones Abby only pretended to do with her; dress him up, note how he no longer looks like the man he claims still to be, all that crap.” – This is amazing on so many levels. Definite horrible echoes of Grandmother here! For as “enlightened” as Dorley claims to be, it has still stuck to these tried-and-true methods of deconstructing the masculine identity. Also, Melissa says “they” because (maybe) she does NOT consider herself one of these psychos. * OMG Shahida is going into Dorley too!? Everything is happening! * What an incredible series of scenes, reunions, and drama! I’m so, so happy that Melissa and Stef are reunited. I cried! I’m still Team Shahida, though. * God, I know Maria is trying to help Aaron and will probably succeed. But this is so, so painful for our favorite little shit. He WAS a bad, bad boy… But I still believe he could’ve gone through “Dorley-lite” and ended up being reformed. 😉 * WONDERFUL dialogue from Melissa (via Abby) explaining the difference between “intrinsic” masculinity and somebody who adopts it because it’s what’s expected—and because any deviation is punished severely. “Cis by default” theory! * Aaaaaa! Melissa and Shahida meet again. I’m sorry, I’m Team Shahida all the way forever. * Aw! Another super-cute ending with Aaron and Stephanie. I love these two… Even though I’m still concerned for Aaron. Will he be able to realize that being a girl is just a thing he can do? That it won’t make him weak? He was picked on all of his life for not being “man enough,” after all. Won’t this just be proving all of his tormentors were right? That he never really was a man after all? Alyson! Once again, this is an ASTOUNDING chapter. Thank you!!!

Emory Ahlberg
>>93946070

Just a quick edit to add how much Aaron's description of Stephanie's emotions during Pippa's initial "schpeel" resonated. I remember so vividly how easily other "guys" shrugged off any critics about toxic masculinity, etc. while for me it felt like a personal assault far deeper than was warranted and was probably one of my first real instances of psychological dysphoria. Amazing work! 💖

alysongreaves
>>93946070

omg I completely missed that you commented on this one! I'm very observant. Thank you 🥰 I'm pretty pleased with this chapter! Everyone makes extremely good, rational, non-sleep-deprived decisions. (And it *was* satisfying to revisit Steph's initial intake, if only briefly, from the perspective of someone less inclined to be horribly traumatised but it!)