Hey there,
I thought I would post one last chapter to reply to one of my reviewers who addressed some things I thought were better explained for all of you to read, just to avoid misunderstandings and to, well, explain my points :)
To firefly: thank you for taking so much time to write those reviews. I really appreciated them. Maybe there was a little misunderstanding in the epilogue about Kahlan saying Rachel gave her Richard; this was meant in the way that Kahlan is thankful for Rachel having saved Richard's life, not in the way of getting him back in terms of their relationship. I will put a few more words in that part to make it clearer ;) Thanks for pointing it out, though :) As for the mentioned 'firework': I wouldn't say this chapter was unemotional, rather the opposite. I really sat down and tried to rewrite the dialogue between Richard and Kahlan (because you convinced me of your opinion) but I just can't find a convincing alternative to it. I can't remember any moment on the show where Kahlan would have yelled at Richard because she was angry or disappointed. I suppose I just don't think it fit her character if she would do that.
Just one more about the dacras: I wrote this story based on the show, and thought about the part of Zedd saying he can't heal Rachel. It was around the end of season 2 when Zedd healed Darken Rahl after the latter was injured by a dacra, so I guessed in the show it was possible to heal such a wound, which led me to the conclusion Zedd would have been able to heal Rachel, but the poison that was still in her body (which also caused her the pain in her shoulder) prevented him from using any healing magic on her. Seeing none of our main characters had had much to deal with this poison before (of course, I invented it ;)) it would be a shock for them to realize it prevented Zedd from healing Rachel. That's how I thought ;)
I am glad to hear you liked the story over all, and looking forward to hearing your opinion about my next story.
Thank you all again for reading my story and reviewing :)
Alex