Book Update: Chapters 15-21

So many different things occur towards the end of this novel. She becomes very upset when visiting home because she does not want to leave. However, she becomes increasingly either to perform at Raja's birthday celebration. One day, she receives a visit from Yuvaraja, at her mothers' house. I thought for sure that Yuvaraja had come to talk with Parvati about something. Parvati became very focused on her performance and disregarded everything else. Leading up to the performance, she stays at the palace. When she wasn't practicing, she spent time with Yuvaraja, and Parvati has learned that "Raja" has very similar powers to Parvati. They also happened to be born on the exact same day. This was ironic to me, because maybe that day had something special to do with their powers. Or something special happened on that day, causing them to have powers. Then crazy things began to happen. The night prior to the performance, Yuvaraja, Rama, and Parvati all went on a walk around the palace. Once they returned to Parvati's room, she was kissed by Rama and he asked her to run away and come with him to America. This made me become really curious about what she would do; stay or leave? Before her answer came, a knock came at her door and she realized that she had lit a fire and forgot about it, but the only thing on her mind at the time was her decision to stay with dance or leave with Rama. The next morning was the day of her performance. I was nervous for her as I read because her mind had to be focused and not elsewhere. She had been so distracted that she had lost some jewelry that she was supposed to wear for her performance. She then told Kalpana as well as the Guru, expecting them to be furious. They weren't, however. They just wanted the jewelry to be found. They began searching for the missing pieces until Rama found in an area of items that monkeys had stolen. I now realized that Parvati was very talented, and very lucky. She went along with the performance. She danced exceptionally and Shiva had said that she was "the magic of possibilities." This seemed to be a great compliment. In final words, it was great to see Parvati come above her differences as well as her strengths and weaknesses to prove many people that she had the potential to do something special.