Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth - Chapter 26 - Choice (Part I)
Title: Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth
Pairing: Darken/Kahlan with past references to Darken/Cara and Richard/Kahlan
Length: 6800~
Rating: T
Spoilers: Set in the "Reckoning" AU with facts learned in "Eternity"
Warning: Discussion of character death and suicide
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A Confessor’s power didn’t come from love, it only called forth a mockery of love.
I always found it pervertedly twisted that such a power was claimed to come from love. Sure love - as any strong emotion - can turn really ugly sometimes. But then it's not love anymore...
Anyway it just wanted to say that it's a great line and it touched me deeply.
Oh, Ida is so magical... She's like a mist... Ethereal. :D
I was supposed to sacrifice myself and father so she could be with the man she loved. Our lives didn’t matter. Her grandchildren’s lives didn’t matter.
Gods, every time I think about it I get so angry at Kahlan for this. And poor Rachel, my heart breaks for her.
Richard! Always Richard!
Gods, that's how I feel too.
Your uncle doesn’t belong in the past. That path is forever closed to him.
"In this life we can't go back. Only forward," Zedd said to Richard in 'Destiny'. Oh, how I wish he hadn't lied then... This! This is how it all should have been!
Regardless of how short it might be.
Frightening.
Gods, this chapter is breathtaking! :D Absolutely astonishing! :D
BB, you're a genius!! ♥♥♥
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I really struggled with these last two chapters, but then when the resolution came to me, everything sort of clicked into place.
I love Ida, too. She wasn't in my first two drafts, but she insisted on intervening so I had to include her. There will be a little bit more info about her in the notes at the end of the fic.
I really wanted to carve out a story where Richard and Cara could find a place in the future - that perhaps it was even destiny that sent them there.
Thanks for the lovely comments. <3
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