Beautiful update--
Loved Radhika's haldi ceremony--Dev applying haldi to her (in his imagination)..reminded me of CB1..
So our prince will be on a black horse to take his princess away...
Loved Sushma-Dev's conversation and Sushma talking to him about Radhika and her dream world and her love for her prince--I know these words will be back later in your FF---something Dev will remember some day (just my hunch)...
Your FF is flowing very nicely--love the interplay between nature and emotions..How both Dev and Radhika have changed----Dev is liking the things Radhika used to do--climbing the trees, sitting along the river bank, playing with the fern--all these little things making him part of her world;... and how your Radhika has changed, ever so subtly,--still living in her dream world where only her prince exists and his love for her...and she is willing to follow him where he takes her---her eyes only see him, her mind only feels him and her smile is only for him---
But to really feel the depth of emotions in your FF and appreciate the nuances--I had to read it all the way from the beginning and I realized, there are so many things that I had missed from conversation between different people, description of the nature and how it related to the moment...
I loved your first FF--and I love this one even more...
Waiting for tomorrow and more so for the rest of the story to unfold...