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imarkanx || istvan markan 🍁's avatar

Your writing is magnificent. You are brilliant as always.

Cold turkey. Enforced cold turkey wrapped up in a belt. Sigh.

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Thank you 💜 I have to exercise some serious restraint - not unlike Jude in the above, hah. Will be lurking though x

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Dark Romance Club's avatar

I am so sorry for commenting on this so late. Life completely swept me up and I ended up on a last minute trip. But I finally sat down with chapter forty one and honestly it was everything I hoped for. I enjoyed it so much 🤩 this version was perfect, exactly as expected from you and you reminded me once again why your writing feels like a little bit of magic. I swear I would give anything to teleport six months into the future and devour the next chapters of ToE. The wait feels almost cruel in the best possible way. You are an utterly brilliant writer and I feel genuinely lucky to have met you and to be able to read your work like this. Thank you for giving us these beautiful chapters 🖤 I had a moment where I thought Jude was becoming domestic for a split second and I loved it. The way Bells pushed him was perfection too. Their dynamic crackles even in the smallest exchanges. And that kiss. Lady what have you done to us. I genuinely do not know how I am meant to wait six months after you wrote something like that. It was electric.

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Hey thank you so much. This is extremely kind 🥹 Especially from you, considering your rapid success here girl. You have "it" girl! Flaunt it! Very happy we have connected.

I am 6 days into this hiatus and already having doubts about it so who knows. Might be back quicker 🤭 And no worries! I am behind on a few readings myself, just need to prioritise something else right now but will definitely be with you shortly 💜

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Dark Romance Club's avatar

I hope everything goes really well and that you come back to ToE when it feels right. (Next week would be perfect though 😂🤩🫶)

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Dark Romance Club's avatar

Can’t wait to read it 🤩 I’ll be in the comments section very soon!!!

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Please, do come in 💜🤭

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AsukaHotaru's avatar

This chapter absolutely pretended to be flowers and then chose psychological warfare. Cherry blossoms as a delivery system for tension should honestly come with a warning label.

The way power keeps changing hands here — not loudly, but through restraint, refusal, timing — is doing an absurd amount of work. Every almost, every stop, every line not crossed somehow hits harder than if it had been.

Also: the fact that the thing that finally halts him isn’t morality or fear, but the risk of her walking away? Rude. Devastating. Expertly deployed.

Enjoy your hiatus. This chapter will be feral in my head until you’re back, Klar~

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Thank you 💜🖤

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Assemblywoman Debra Mazzarelli's avatar

🙏🏻

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

😘

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Bruno Rothgiesser's avatar

Wishing you a beautiful and restorative writing sabbatical, Darkly Dreaming Klar Nett! A truly well earned break. Enjoy the time away, and come back with your inspiration in its strongest form!

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Thank you Bruno, appreciate you!

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Darkly Romantic Klar Nett's avatar

Right?! Part of me was like - Bells stop being so prim and proper, you know you want it 🤣

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