Untouchable: Dedication
Greetings from the Author This book is the adaptation of my story, written in answer to a promise made between a friend. Richard is the inspiration of book one of the series. He was the first furry I ever met and the reason I wrote it as an anthropomorphic alternative history. The character of Oliver is based around his personality. We both went through religious turmoil, I being raise baptist and he a Jehovah's Witness. We both wished to share our stories and made a promise that we would write them to help those who have never recovered from such a situation or are still in the midst of it. Sadly time, doubt, fear, and death prevented us from keeping our promises by the date we set. I learned in the middle of 2015 that Richard had passed away from his battle with cancer. It was a long battle starting back in 2004. At the time his battle began I was reconciling my faith, rape, and Identity. He was there at a very dark part of my story, he gave me hope when I needed it. He never finished his story but I read his notes and incorporated their undertones and events in part into my narrative. Richard I'm sorry it took so long but may my story be ours. Readers I hope this book helps you reach a catharsis. I dragged my feet to right this story not wanting to re-experience the pains of my life in the process of writing. I did not realize this at first my arguments were, "what if family reads this and feel unloved," "What if others read this and it somehow negatively impacts those I love," and "what if this made someone consider suicide." All these arguments were logical fallacies used to avoid my own pain. Don't hide forever, after facing the pain you can exhale it, bit by bit tell its just the shadow of a bruise.Sincerely,Dars BellingsP.S.If you have been sexually assaulted, you will talk to someone about it, we can't help it, secrets fight there way to freedom, be smart and talk to someone you trust. Ask this trusted person to listen.There are great resources available onlinehttp://www.rccmsc.org/https://centers.rainn.org/If you have thought about suicide, just don't you are bigger and better than your pain. I nearly died to suicide and I lost an uncle and close friend as well. It pays the pain forward, it doesn't stop the suffering.http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/If you don't know about HIV, how it works and how its transmitted you put yourself in danger every time you have unprotected sex. If you enjoy unprotected sex don't live in denial please set aside a half hour and learn about HIV.A great resource is