This is genuinely one of the best stories i've read on here. One of the only times reading a story where the MC transitioning from child to adult actually made me feel sad in a way and not secretly happy its over so we could move onto the romance and other juicy stuff. As if I was actually going along this transition w/ the MC. Missing childhood. You wrote the growing up scenes all so well where I genuinely felt connected to the MC's parents and the Twinflowers. Even our grandma who we didn't get so many scenes with. Also, our horse !! You really know how to get us readers connected to each one of your characters- it's amazing. I truly love Oswin and am so beyond curious what secret he's been holding onto that has had him push away from the MC. I'm a sucker for childhood friends secretly mutually pining after one another so I love it. But like other comments- Duri has made it difficult (as well as Zahn - what another lovable and playful character.... oh, and also Nathan omfg !!). I'm determined that Oswin will be my current MC's endgame, but you've definitely made it difficult to choose for my first run (because I know for sure I will be doing multiple playthroughs of this). It's genuinely crazy I haven't seen this story until now but i'm so glad I have!! Can't wait for the next updates and what more angst and pain you'll put everyone through (and i'll eat it up everytimeeee...like you even had me tear up at some parts e.g. where the MC calls out for her dads when she's last in pain was a killer for sure) as well as whatever other projects you work on in the future!
I am so happy you are enjoying it so much! I totally know what you mean with the childhood transition. I've read several IFs where I am just like, please can we grow up now? LOL I just wanted to hit the highlights and build the necessary connections to others since I was eager to get to the meat of the story. And, of course, we'll have some flashbacks to childhood as we go along (especially with Oswin and remembering grandmother Ravinder). There's some fun twists and turns (and PAIN) in store for everyone, so I think you'll have much to look forward to! ^_^