Summary:

A SEQUAL TO LOVE IS PAIN: "If you love something, set it free; if it comes backs it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was." (Richard Bach)


Draco’s death hit Hermione like a steam engine. Since the day she found his casket delivered to her doorstep, her life has slowly been wilting. She now lives, as Harry Potters’ wife, in a life slowly turning into death. What she doesn't know is that Draco is not dead, although close to it. He wakes up to find himself locked in a dungeon with not but his father, the Cruciatus Curse and many others to keep him company. As Draco struggles to grasp onto life, so does Hermione. Can Draco find Hermione and recreate the love they used to share? Would she even forgive him if he did? And if he somehow found a way back to Hermione’s side, would he even want to be with her after finding her with “Saint Potter?” Through these pages, love’s secrets await…

Chapter 9: Validated!

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“I want nothing less then to leave you here, destined for death,” she divulged in a hush. “I wish with all of my heart you could suffer the same pain I have.” Her feet concluded their progress across the room and she simply stood there, towering over his body.





“But I know you never could.”

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See A/N for challenge info in chapter 9!