The Lion and the Rose

Thank You

A journey of One year, Three months, Eleven days with 2.15L words reached its destination yesterday, leaving it for obvious oblivion. The Lion and The Rose story of Siva Ashwika, SivAsh has reached its stability point but it's not the end. Only the Book has seen the epilogue but you'll be seeing their journey through others' POV, sometimes in their POV in the other books of TPR's Bookiverse (Tejaswi's Book Universe, Pree's Fiction Universe, whatever you wanna name it.) How far you are gonna see your Siva Ashwika is a grand surprise for you.

Firstly, Thanks to the god, who gave me the ability to write. When it comes to writing on a paper, I'm the worst. I troubled my LKG class teacher so much that she called my parents and complained that I'm not at all writing but love to do other things. But in the course of years everything changed and the technology helped me to express my feelings.

Secondly, my friend who introduced me to wattpad but I'll save it for Twisted Soul's Thank you note.

Thirdly, Them... AshAangi came into my life when I lost everything other than my family and PhD. I had "It's All About Giving Chances" on the Amazon platform. It was a slow but steady seller and sometimes reached the Bestseller charts too but my second book The Evasion was a journey of a lot of personal emotions. After writing it, I almost had a fear towards writing until they came into my life.

I started writing comments and weekly updates on youtube, for which many asked me to write a FF. I had the thought but the fear stopped me. They gave me back the life of a writer and a special bond with you all. In the month of April, I wrote a memoir for them which you must have read in When Star Align.. Magic Happened. Following which I wrote the Prologue and first two chapters of The Lion and The Rose.

Officially, launched on May 4, 2021, The Lion and The Rose journey had a lot of hurdles. The very next day, I lost my uncle and it took some time for me to come out. LR is actually an office romance with a villain and I adapted and incorporated the magic we witnessed in the CWC2 show. LR is one of the plots that I created with them in my mind. It was a little difficult as I had to create mishaps and happiness to match the moments that happened in the show. But I had a complete sketch of what should happen in the story of Siva and Ashwika around which episode.

We, as a fandom, faced a lot of things together. But, I was keen on not stopping to write the book, because it's not only unethical but it was also the only way out for me and many others who have a troubled or tiring personal and professional life.

The best is always saved for the last, so the last but greatest thanks is to the bunch to whom I'm always grateful and the ones who travelled along with me in this journey, YOU THE READERS.

You people have been my pillar, beam, foundation and you just didn't know how much you all mean to me. I never worried that I'm earning less from my amazon books because then and now, I was receiving organic reviews. I never worried that the original version of Twisted Souls had minimal reads and votes on wattpad. But I craved encouragement and appreciation which I never had, until you people happened.

From my comments in youtube till An Aesthete, you people are encouraging and appreciating me. Only your words of appreciation have pushed me to give you better content. And you people have always been with me. You laughed for the lines which I laughed while writing, You cried for the lines which I cried while writing. Just your emojis and one word comments has given me so much joy that I could never put it out in words. The happiness of what we expected to deliver has reached the right people correctly is just surreal and you people gave me that.

Yes, a few of you suggested that you want certain things in the story but I didn't do it. It's only because I start a story after completely sketching it from the Prologue to the Epilogue. It's just that I didn't want to change the course of the story. But it doesn't mean that I'm not listening to the reader, if anything you have requested is in the plot, you could have read it or will read it.

Each and everyone who commented, each and everyone who votes, each and everyone who were silent by nature but never stopped reading or skipped a chapter, each and everyone who patiently waited for the updates, each and everyone who personally messaged me, each and everyone who showered you love for Siva, Ashwika and me, I'm always grateful to you all.

I have read your comments for the recent three updates and your missing notes for this book but I was not in a proper state to reply. I was emotional as much as you all were and my hands were trembling while posting the story and writing in the conversation wall about the updates of epilogue and Chapter 1 of TS. And your comments literally had me in tears, as I never expected this much love.

And yes, as I said before you'll be seeing them in the other books of TPR's Book Universe series. But you'll also be getting one shot, then and now. What happened in Maru at Ashwika's house, What happened after reaching home, What kedism Siva did during Aadi Maru, What happened in Switzerland, Thailand, What happened during pregnancy with Swara, What happened as Swara grew up, Ashwika's professional success and many other things. Neenga keeta mari censored and deleted scenes um varum, lovelies.

I don't know whether I have conveyed what I wanted to convey in the Thanks Note but to summarise it, "Love you all for the Love, you all showered on my characters, my books and me."

I know many of you are already in love with An Aesthete and BH but please do give some love for Twisted Souls too. Of course only when you are free because Twisted Souls is my first baby, the first book I started my writing career with.

I need some time to come out of my current emotional state. From Thursday you'll be receiving updates of AA, BH and TS. If required, there will be double updates. And when I have some free time from my PhD and the other three books, I'll be giving you OS of LR and When Star Align... Magic happened.

With all your love, marking The Lion and The Rose as COMPLETE.

Love,

RK Tejaswi