Hi Saku...this chapter seemed almost allegorical in some ways: the way you'd described the ending of winter and beginning of spring, the way the Maheshwari business empire and their Machiavellian dealings, and other peer rivals like Chandraraj, are forever in this winter land, their feelings and consciences frozen. And Ragini---despite staking and losing, she is still so frozen that she feels no remorse or desire for redemption. Her driving motive is still, to ensure that her sister never sees spring enter her frozen life again. Chilling!
Sanskaar's letter to Swara was masterfully written, conveying so much, in such a crisp yet intense manner. I loved the way he fearlessly tells her he would always love her, and gives her the space and time to decide what she feels. Typical of Sanskaar. 😊
If I had to pick my favorite lines this time, they would be extracts from Sanskaar's letter: ""There, I said it. I love you. I am no coward I could have said this face to face, looking in to your eyes. But then I would not find the energy in me enough to leave you. But leave you I must, in order to give you enough space to think.
This is where I stand. I love you. But accepting or declining that love is utterly your decision. ... ...I know I don't deserve you; you're far too fragile and innocent for me. But if you ever decide to come, I shall protect you all my life. If you don't come...you can't stop me from loving you and I will love you until I cease to exist. But I have had enough of this isolation, I don't enjoy it anymore. So I do hope you will forsake this winter land. We will meet again, very soon, when I have found my peace and you have found your answer. You owe me that answer still.
Hopefully it'll be spring when we meet again.""
So this is the end of the IK and SQ saga...and I would be lying if I said I didn't feel sad at that! 😕 Looking forward to Elixir, is that a kind of sequel to this? The precap sounded a bit like a near death experience of Swara's, but I read it while traveling, on the phone. So probably I need to read again. 😊Edited by CogitoErgoSum - 9 years ago