Awe wonderful update!! So glad Nikolai isnt going to try and force Sunny to stay!! Benjamin is wise beyond his years and I just love his character!!  This was a very emotional update, It was very touching that Nikolai love for Sunny brought tears to his eye. Hopping Sunny will be safe and this trip will bring the 2 closer.  Come on Sunny just tell Nikki you love him :o) 

This is such a wonderful story!! What a great job you are doing!! I personal like the translations at the end.

I do not think she should go to sudan. What if something happends to her. I understand why she wants to do it but she has her brother to think about first. 

I typically only have good comments, however I have serious doubts about this trip to Africa.  I think it's selfish of her to go to such a dangerous place given that if something happens, her brother would be on his own.  I'm really having a hard time believing that she would even consider taking this trip given the close relationship she has with her brother.  For me this decision seems a little out of character.

Nikolai nearly broke my heart in this chapter...his utter desperation...the level of love he has for his Sunshine is incomprehensible...and then finally his reluctant acceptance that he can not control her...but really, he wouldn't love her the way he does if he could...it's all part of the woman that he loves, isn't it...I agree...Sunny needs to declare her love for him back before she goes...Nikolai needs to hear those words...I'm so very afraid for them now...I just keep getting this queasy feeling that all will not go well in the Sudan...though it is for a very noble cause...I just don't like Sunny being that exposed to the very real dangers of the world like that...what is it they say...no good deed goes unpunished...the intensity of that lovemaking scene has me fearing that it will be the memory of that time together that will have to substain them both for a long while...

I love Sunny and Benji interactions...he brings normalcy to her life...a sense of purpose to it...she's been the only true parent that young man has had for the entirety of his life...I loved that Sunny shared that part of her life with Nikolai...he never having that kind of experience with his own family...I love 'patriartrical' Benjamin also...asking Nikolai 'intentions' towards his sister...wonder how Sunny would have reacted if she had allowed Nikolai to answer that as honestly as he wants to...I think Benji approves of Sunny's choice of 'more than a boyfriend'...I loved the glimpse of the family that could be...time for Nikolai to start answering those questions that Sunshine needs the answers to...time for her to put the man out of his misery and tell him what he needs to hear...three simple words...yet so profound....

I love this story...true love like this is truly so fragile and I fear that it is not meant to be to end happily-ever-after...yet still I hope...great update...keep 'em coming...

I really don't have a preference for where the translations come at...I feel that I have come to know the character of Nikolai so I can pretty much guess what he's saying to her...but I can't wait until he translates those poetic words to his Sunny so she can understand the beauty that is this man's love for her...

OMG that was intense between Sunny and Nikki.  So much more insight into Nikolai and his family life growing up.  Benjamin taking the role of Patriarch.  That was cute.  I think the translations inline would be nice.

wow i cried cried the emotions when she told her brother and N about the trip wow i thought he was going to tie her up and never let her go but hope she be safe and hopefully one day she tells n those words i love you too and he make her his wife. love the story thanks for the updated.

This story is fantastic - a true love story! Each chapter builds on the last and is better than the last! You are indeed a gifted writer and I can't wait until my next update.

Because you asked - translations reach easier for me when they are in the story.

Stay warm and dry! 

I once met this guy during my university years who found himself in a war torn area and who himself had been caught up in an ambush. Coward and selfish person that I am, I remember thinking that I would never intentionally place myself in such a situation. I guess Sunshine's willingness to go into a potentially dangerous situation once again speaks volumes of her character. I look forward to reading about her experience, but I do so knowing that the other shoe is about to drop once again wheither it's at home or overseas.

Onimosity, I am so loving m favourite couple. I get this really good feeling every time I read about Nikolai and Sunny's time together. This time was no exception. I think it was good for Nikki to see Sunny's interaction with Ben as he continue to understand and see her in different situations. It's a wonder he hasnt started to see her as the mother of his child (children). One thing though, I am getting more and more curious about her reason for not expressing her feeling for her Nikki. I know its coming (at least I hope it is).

You know whether or not you place your translation in text or not depend on whether you and your muse want Sunny to eventually seek to discover the meaning of all those words he say to her. If not then in text may be good to further strengthen Nikolai's words.

As always I wait impatiently for your next helpings... Stay warm...

i just discovered this story yesterday and ive already read it twice!!!! i am soooo addicted lol!!! imagine my COMPLETE elation to find a new chapter on my third go round!!!! absolutely masterful!!! you are truly gifted! more please!!! is tomorrow good for you? yes?? oh good ill be stalking er i mean waiting lol!!!

Hi Onimosity,

Thank you for another wonderful chapter. I'm not sure about the translations.  Sometimes I think it would be nice to have them throughout the story, as if Nikolai were saying them both in Russian and in English.   With my imagination, I am usually able to figure out what the translation likely is, lol.  However with the excellent job you are doing with this story, I will just trust your judgement to put them where you see fit.  Thanks for the update, and I look forward to your next.

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I am loving this story. I can't wait to see what wlse is store for Nikki and Sunshine. I love how hate turns into love at least that is my point of few with Sunshine. I hope she marries Nikki, he loves her so much.

GREAT JOB!

ahhh, I mention Sergei and the little rat bastid shows up. He is the quintessential fool. He'll be a dead fool if he steps to Sunny. Where I come from, we have a saying, some folks need killing. Sergei is approaching that for me.

He doesn't seem to know who Sunny is. He's underestimating the strength that this woman has. He's seen a bit of who she is, but I don't think he has a cluse who she really is. She does not, I repeat, does not need him looking out for her. She can do without his brand of looking out. And that looking out is going to get his a** killed.

Now Anatoly... ahh, the man is quite delicious. For some reason, I had not looked at who you cast for him. Yes, he needs a woman. not necessarilyan odd woman as he says, but one that will rock him to his foundation. That beard gives me all kinds of naughty ideas... lol out loud..

I love Nikki more as the story progresses. Sunny seems to feel the same way. This is only going to get harder as she requires more from him in terms of sharing who he really is. True, bouncing is not the answer, but it sure is hella fun.... As long as she can keep that separate from what is as stake, I say, bounce to your heart's content.  How can she resist him and he damn sho can't resist her. 

You're not fooling me, this is the calm before the storm and I'm scurred... but for now, I'm living in the moment and that's a wonderful place to be.

Hope you're out from under the snow soon; but not too soon, since we might get some more updates.  Yep, I'm selfish.