After reading a couple of comments, the theory this might be coming to a closure bear some grounds, the author question the reader what are Miranda & Helen's motives, and while is not clear if Miranda is dead or not, it would be a huge inconsistency if she'd just escaped unscathed unlike her partner, and yes, before author's medical condition, he set up Miranda/Helen x Noel’s battle, but would that be the outcome? Guess we'll have to wait and see, I must say though, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the author because Mlav was a character just introduced this chapter, and he was a pure blood, so all this might be the author's way to present the reader his world's power scale, and I wanna strongly believe on that for now, crossing all my fingers and toes to not be a wrap-up because we're in huge draught of really good yuri out there, and this is a breath of fresh new air. But of course, health comes first, and if author's can barely hang on, what can we do, right?