I love your work.
It's very difficult to read knowing where this is headed. I'm mentally preparing myself for heartbreak. Hopefully it's a good few chapters away though. Still, reading about these two make me very happy.. in a bittersweet way.

LOVE LOVE LOVE. I especially love the way this whole story was laid out.

Worth every tear3. was amazing.

This is quite a riveting story :) It hit most of my buttons, but I thought there was a bit too much backstory (after the whole of part 2 we had to go throught all of those flashbacks with Rodan, too). It was necessary, but kind of painful :P Also, I had a soft spot for Rodan and Kasha, so I was actually kind of upset that they found Adele. Towards the end I almost had hope again that Adele would go off with his parents or something so that Rodan can move in instead.
And on the trip back (with the 3 of them) there were slight hints that Adele was getting along nicely with Rodan. I wished there was some hope for a happy 3-way couple with all of them. They seemed to work well together.
Yeah... sorry, I'm totaly a Rodan fangirl :)

nooooo :((( I really wanted Rodan and the kids to stay...
I'm actually not that fond of Adele

Omg, that was so good. At first when Abele came back i was kinda disappointed that Rodan gets no one, and that Abele had to suffer so much. I was worried that Kasha, wouldn't be able to love him like before(not that i think Kasha is shallow or anything, okay fine i kinda did) and this story would have a happy ending. So with this ending i feel really satisfied, with how it turned out. Sucks Rodan doesnt get any one to love after Wil, but at least he has his children and in my head, Pim(i think that was his name?) goes back to milark and meets Rodan. They fall in love, and live happily ever after :). Lame, i know, but i like it. I feel like an idiot, for never reading your stories before. I knew you existed, but i didnt think i would like any of your stories, but boy was i wrong. I started with "Spiders and Snakes" after a recommendation post from another author i read on livejournal, and it was amazing, then i read the soldier and his servant and then scorpion sands and finally this. They were all spectacular, and i feel like the worlds biggest idiot for never reading your stuff before.

CORGI!

I really enjoyed this story. I thought the ending was left unfinished, not because it wasn't happy but because the argument didn't feel resolved, even to a truce (which is how I think you meant it - that they had resolved to try). I think it needs a make up scene- not sex, but something to show that they are content, if not blissful.

I got here you were going with Kasha from the start. You seem to get the whole trauma/torture thing mor than many authors (I noticed you posted on your blog about the glut of characters falling for their rapists and abusers. I don't think people have rape fantasies. I think enjoyment of such things is pure voyeurism, and making the victim start liking it merely alleviates guilt at being aroused by rape scenes. I can't get into those books, are too far out of actual human nature. Finding a rape scene arousing is natural, imagining that someone will accidentally become rapturous while being brutally assaulted, not so much.)

I didn't expect this kind of emotional torture because dear lord part two was a bitch.

Walker,
i'm glad that finally, he got the sense. Phew.
-Val

Nice

Wait. What? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o!

Well done. I really enjoyed this story. I'm glad Abele and Kasha didn't just skip off into the sunset. Much more realistic this way. Also, you really made my day with that letter from Rodan. I know he fulfilled his role in the story chapters ago but I really missed him so... yay!

:D

Thanks!

The ending feels to me more honest and real than a happier one would. I still feel the huge interlude where we see Kasha and Abele's past together is too much, and wasn't really necessary to see how important that relationship was to Kasha and how it justifies Kasha's behavior and everything, we already got that from what was hinted at or interspersed in the first part. Maybe I would advice to make that part shorter. I just didn't find it engaging and skimmed through most of it. But of course it's just an opinion...

On the whole, though, I really enjoyed the story, specially the last part.

:)

Oh Abele. I'm glad you weren't successful at driving Kasha away and breaking both your hearts. Just because things aren't the same doesn't mean that the two of you can't relearn everything and heal together. :)

I like Pama's governess. It'd be cute to see Kasha's daughters as they age, but that's okay. I think this story ended well. Glad Rodan has made peace and is moving on with his life, although I'm sure he'll never know a loving relationship outside of a parent-child relationship. Doesn't necessarily mean his life is lacking however! :)

Thank you for sharing this story. When I first started reading it, I wasn't sure how I felt about it but I came to love it.