Family Affairs
Chapter 15 of 19
Rose of the WestTed looked on his dad's nightstand. There was a picture from two summers before when the entire family had gone to Brighton. There were the kids, behaving like normal kids with grandparents, and there was Andromeda, who hadn't been stiff with the Muggles at all. Dromeda, he thought with a pang of longing. More than anything in this moment, he wanted to crawl into bed with his wife and let her soothe the agony he was feeling.
ReviewedDisclaimer: The characters here and the world they inhabit are the creation and property of JK Rowling.
Over the years, the Order of the Phoenix met in different places. Ted was adamant that only a small group of particularly trusted friends would ever come to their cottage. "I know some of these new kids are hard working, smart, and trustworthy, but there are a couple I don't like the looks of, Dromeda." She accepted his decisions on the matter because he saw more out in the world than she did.
If she was weary of keeping to her own home, she didn't complain. Several of the Order members Ted trusted would pop into and out of her kitchen when they had news to pass on, knowing that Andromeda would get it to Dumbledore. She had a rambunctious pre-schooler and an active toddler to watch. Now she also had to shoulder all of the housekeeping, since Bennie had been removed from the home.
This very last thought somehow hurt her the most. If only she or uncle had thought of it, they could have given the house-elf clothes before Alphard had died. At least one unnecessary death might have been prevented. For that matter, what if she had thought to keep Uncle from going to her Aunt's house that day, or had given him a bezoar before he left? Such were her thoughts as she went around the daily grind of cleaning the house, doing laundry, and tending her garden.
Sirius finished his classes and got his own flat. After a year or two, he introduced her to a girl named Lily. It didn't take too long for Andromeda to realize she was speaking with the Muggle-born girl of a long ago conversation. She was quite a charming girl with reddish hair and green eyes. It was easy to see why both James and Sirius liked her. Having seen the friendship between Sirius and James, which transcended Sirius's one-time friendship with this own brother, it was easy to see why Sirius deferred to James when James and Lily fell in love. Andromeda was proud of the way Sirius took joy in his friend's upcoming marriage, and she hugged him extra tight when he left that day.
"Geroff! Geez, Andromeda, sometimes you're far too much like James's mother."
One night, Ted was contentedly holding his sleeping wife when a large, ghostly bird flew into the room. "Ted, come to your parents' house."
Andromeda, who had just been dozing off, roused. "What's Dumbledore doing in our bedroom?
Ted was already getting out of bed and looking for his trousers. "It was his Patronus. There's something happening at my parents' house."
She sat up. "Oh, Ted! Do you want me to come?"
"No, you need to stay with the kids. I'll be back soon, and it will be fine. You'll see, Dromeda."
It wasn't fine. When he arrived at the Tonks house, Ted found that the door had been smashed in. Two wizards were standing in the sitting room and glaring at Alastor Moody, who had them bound. Dumbledore beckoned him into the downstairs bedroom. Ted walked down the hallway, swallowing hard the entire time until he stood in the doorway. His parents had been laid on their bed, dead with no visible marks upon them.
"They used Avada Kedavra on them."
"Why?"
"Perhaps this is some sort of revenge to them. I don't know exactly, Ted. When they used the Unforgivables, MLE was alerted and came immediately. They didn't have a chance against properly trained Aurors. Do you want to contact your brother and sister?"
"I guess I had better." Ted looked on his dad's nightstand. There was a picture from two summers before when the entire family had gone to Brighton. There were the kids, behaving like normal kids with grandparents, and there was Andromeda, who hadn't been stiff with the Muggles at all. Dromeda, he thought with a pang of longing. More than anything in this moment, he wanted to crawl into bed with his wife and let her soothe the agony he was feeling.
He walked out into the kitchen and picked up the telephone receiver. Tom and Sue came within a couple of hours. There was some recrimination, but not much. Amazingly enough, Kingsley Shacklebolt was a calming influence. He knew just the words to say that would soothe the tensions caused by Wizard troubles that had crossed into the Muggle sphere. Tom, Sue, and Ted wept together and made some preliminary plans together. It was the closest he had been to his Muggle family since Professor Morgan had been on their doorstep all those years before.
Ted took a few minutes to look into the faces of his parents' murderers. They were two haughty wizards, old enough to be his father and then some. They were both quite handsome in a way, although contempt for the world they lived in had twisted their features and made them unnecessarily old. Ted looked at the one on the left and realized he was looking at his wife's eyes and mouth. The other looked remarkably like her cousin.
"I take it that you're Cygnus, and you're Orion Black?" he said to each, respectively. "He looked at his father-in-law and said, "I would tell you that it's a pleasure to meet you after all this time, but under the circumstances, I won't lie. I can't imagine why you would want to hurt my parents, who've done nothing to you."
"Nothing?" asked Cygnus Black, stunned into speech. "NOTHING? They produced you, didn't they? And didn't you ruin the plans my family had for the next three generations?"
"I've made your daughter happy, Mr. Black. We have a beautiful life together and two wonderful children. If you can't appreciate how incredible your daughter is in the life she chose, I pity you."
Kinglsey stepped into the living room. "The Azkaban guards will be here in a minute or two," he said quietly.
"YOU... pity ME?" The wizard began to spit invective on Ted. "You are the Mudblood who ruined my daughter! When we're done with you, there won't be anything left to pity about you!"
His brother joined in. "You have been encouraging my son in his flight from what's right!" said Orion. "You will be made to pay for this!"
It was too much for the pair of Dementors who had been summoned to this address. The high emotions of those who were to be imprisoned drew them, and rather than taking charge of the two wizards, they instead moved in to kiss them.
"NO!" shouted Ted. "Not like that."
"Expecto Patronum!" shouted Moody. Ted pulled out his wand and performed the same spell. The Dementors were dispelled, but the damage was done. The seeing but unconscious bodies of Orion and Cygnus Black were lying on the Tonks family's sitting room floor. Healers would now be summoned to bring them to their homes, where they would die in a week or two. The Prophet would report that they were taken suddenly ill while visiting distant relatives and died quietly at home. The Black family would retreat from their vendetta against the middle daughter of Cygnus and Druella, but they would nurse their wounds and wait for their time to come.
In the meanwhile, Kingsley was keeping Tom and Sue in the back room, where they wouldn't see what happened to the murderers of their parents. When the Muggle authorities came, he worked with them to explain what went on in terms that they would accept. Ted watched the Auror who had been a liaison of sorts for him into the Magical world and wished that the Minister of Magic had more of his finesse and calming influence.
Finally, Ted hugged his brother and sister for the last time and went home. There was nothing more to do that day, although they would have much to do in the next month until their parents' affairs were settled. Dumbledore said he would arrange bereavement leave with Anderson and sent Ted home.
He climbed into his bed and buried his face in his wife's chest. As he told her all about it, she soothed him and gave him the love he needed and expected. Then he realized and sat up. "It was your father and uncle, Dromeda."
Her eyes got big. "Do you blame me?"
"Not at all. It's just that, you've lost something tonight, too."
"Oh." Her voice sounded small and far away. "It didn't occur to me." She sat up with him. "It's not like he's been particularly father-like to me in the past fifteen years."
"Still..."
"Yes. Still..."
They held each other then, whispering and soothing each other. As the sky turned purple and pink, they sought comfort together. They dozed off in a tangle of arms and legs and didn't waken until the children came in, looking for breakfast.
One of the oddest messages Andromeda would get in her life was an urgent request from Narcissa to meet at a Muggle restaurant near Charing Cross Road. Ted looked at the message and went to look at the establishment in question. He could find no reason not to accept the meeting if he went along, so she took out some of her heaviest parchment and answered her sister's note in the affirmative. The Prewett brothers watched the outside of the restaurant while Sirius and his friend Remus watched Dora and Tim.
There was a pregnant blond woman in the back of the restaurant when Ted and Andromeda arrived. Andromeda was surprised to see her sister in that condition, although she knew it must happen sometime. The Malfoys had very specific plans for their son and future grandchildren. She cleared her throat as she approached so as not to startle Narcissa and sat across from her. Ted, morphed to look like a random Muggle, sat at a different table to allow the sisters some privacy.
"Cissy... I can see how you've been. Are you happy?"
Narcissa narrowed her eyes. "Let's not exchange pleasantries, Andie. I need something and I believe you may have it."
Andromeda sat back. "I'm not sure what you're talking about, or why I would bother to help you."
"It's for my baby. Its life is in danger."
"What's the matter?"
"There's a prophecy about a child that will be born this summer, in late July. The Dark Lord has heard of it and is now looking at all the children likely to be born then."
Andromeda forced her face to be impassive. She knew of two children due in that time frame, and now her own niece or nephew as well? "If your lord wills it, shouldn't you make the sacrifice?"
Narcissa's voice was almost inaudible. "That's what Bella says, but he's not my lord. I'm not one of them. It took too long to get pregnant. I'm not sacrificing my child."
A warm rush of feeling toward her sister flooded Andromeda. They had at least this much in common. "When are you due?"
"I'm due in the middle of July, but I've heard your first baby was late. What if he decides my baby is the one, before my baby even does anything? What if he tries something before the baby is even born?"
"What do you expect me to do for you?"
"I hear that you used a potion when your baby was late. I need the recipe."
Andromeda couldn't help smiling at the memory of those days before Nymphadora was born. The baby had been late, and they had resorted to various methods of bringing the child on. She had tried every wives' tale she could find, including several that involved Ted.
"Please, Andie? I'll give you a house-elf."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's Bennie's sister. She's been a bit hostile at times because of what Aunt Walburga did to her brother. We were getting ready to put her on the wall at Grimmauld Place, but if you do this, I'll send her to you... free and clear."
"All right, then. I'll look through my recipe box and send you the remedies I used. Do you have a good Potions brewer?"
"There's one who owes much to Lucius. He's the best to leave Hogwarts in a generation."
"They're not that complicated, although one can be tricky. If he's as good as you say, he'll have no problem. Take care of yourself, Narcissa. You're looking a bit peaked."
"Wouldn't you be peaked, if you were worried about this?"
Andromeda couldn't argue against it. Her sister didn't want to chat, so she paid for her coffee and left. A moment later, Ted joined her on the sidewalk, and they made their way to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Well?" he asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
They arrived back at home, and a very excited Nymphadora jumped up and down, wanting to talk to her mother. "Mum! Remus is the smartest wizard in the whole world. When I grow up, I want to marry him!"
Ted and Andromeda looked at each other and laughed. Sirius elbowed his friend, and Remus turned red and looked away. Andromeda looked at her daughter and said, "It's very nice that you've found someone, dear, but maybe you should wait until he asks you."
"You'll ask me, won't you Remus?" The little girl's hair went green and pink and then a sandy brownish blond to match his.
"We'll have to see, Nymphadora. Maybe when you're older and know me better, you won't want me."
Sirius couldn't resist a gibe. "You never know, Moony, maybe she likes furry little problems."
"I love furry little problems!" insisted the six-year-old.
The young wizards left soon afterwards, leaving a bemused pair of parents behind them.
"Daddy, what's a furry little problem?"
Narcissa's child, a boy, was born in early June, a full month early. Perhaps she hadn't used any of Andromeda's recipes or techniques after all. The child was healthy, if destined to always be a bit small for his age. Andromeda breathed a sigh of relief that one life was saved, even if it was doomed to live in the Black family. When Birdie arrived at her cottage, she breathed another sigh of relief. A second life was saved, too, and allowed to leave the Black family sphere.
"Mistress says you is my mistress, now."
"I'm Andromeda."
"You is Bennie's Mistress Andromeda?"
She smiled sadly. "Yes, I was very sorry to see Bennie leave. We worked well together."
"Bennie says he is sorry to be leaving Mistress Andromeda, but he belongs to Mistress Walburga after Master Alphard dies."
"Yes, I was very sorry that day."
"Mistress Walburga does not love house-elves."
"No, she doesn't."
The little elf looked around the kitchen. "Where does Birdie live?"
"Well, I had some ideas. Let me show you what Bennie did, and we can discuss other options as well."
"Discuss with Birdie?" The elf's eyes were shining. She had heard good things about this cottage from Bennie, through the odd communication system of house-elves. Now she came to work here, herself. The little creature went to bed that night hoping she was not dreaming.
A/N: I have to admit that I giggled when I wrote the scene between Tonks and Remus.
Thank you for reading and reviewing! This was beta-read by Trickie Woo.
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72 Reviews | 5.53/10 Average
A beautiful story with such a sad ending. I came across this via 'random story' and I'm glad I did; it's not a relationship I'd considered much, but you depicted it so well - happiness, romance, problems, sadness, basically reality! I also enjoyed the humorous Tonks references scattered in there! I enjoyed the whole thing and had tears in my eyes at the end. I think you also really captured the difficulties of the war, even though A wasn't properly involved, she experienced that people aren't black and White, you can like someone but not trust them etc. Very moving.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you so much! The war wouldn't have necessarily called upon everyone to be like Harry or Dumbledore, but it would have affected every family, for sure. I have to admit that last chapter was one of the hardest I've ever written. I never cry about anything, but I did have some tears in my eyes over it.Some of Tonks's statements while growing up were a lot of fun to inject. I understand how it got to be that way, but in JKR's stories, so many characters act like they never existed even one paragraph before they show up in the canon. It's fun to flesh them out.Thanks again!
Response from Tilly (Reviewer)
I totally agree, though I also think that those gaps are what makes HP fanfic so varied and interesting.
Thank you for a wonderfull story. I seldom get a lump in my throat reading, but this one did it. I loved your portrait of both Andromeda and Ted Tonks and all the other characters you wrote. Now I will go and read the sequel. You are a very gifted reader
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you for the lovely review! I never thought much about this pair, but I had a plot bunny and then found a challenge for which this was the perfect story, and within three chapters I was madly in love with Ted Tonks. I'm so glad you enjoyed this.
Oh, this is lovely. I've really fallen quite in love with this family as well... I really liked your introduction, of the very usual man, with average skills and normal dreams, because not everyone can be Harry Potter, but everyone can be a certain type of hero. And now, obeying canon gives your really sweet, loving story a tragic end, but you still manage to pull it up a tiny bit. In the end we all die, but we can hope that the ones we leave behind find peace.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
This was very much my salute to "everyman," the people who do all the little things that make the world go round. They may not live incredible lives, but they're heroes all the same. I'm glad you saw that in the story. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the beautiful review!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful tale of love with us.I have still tears in my eyes. *sigh*
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you for being so enthusiastic and supportive. I have really felt the love. I'm sorry to see the end of this story, myself.
There, now you have done it. You made me cry with this chapter.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
The only reason I didn't cry with this chapter is that I actually wrote it when I was also working on chapter 8 or 9. When I re-read it to edit for posting on TPP, I did tear up.When I read the one line in DH about Ted leaving and then later about his death, he was just a statistic. He became a person to me when I worked on this story and I'm not entirely happy with myself for allowing that to happen.I hope you cried in a good way, if there is such a thing. Thank you for the review!
Yes, children are the best medicine there is :-)I think Ted is seeing his own story reversed in his son. He will go to a Muggle school, live in the Muggle world and will loose touch with his family - just like he did.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Losing touch with the Wizarding world wasn't such a bad thing in those days, unfortunately. Everyone was so sure that Auntie Bella would get Tim, but I couldn't do that to Andromeda. Instead, he just fades from the picture.Thanks, again!
So many nice details in this chapter!Of course the Nymphadora/Remus scene made me giggle.That Cygnus and Orion killed Theodore's parents made me furious. And I nearly thought they deserved the kiss.And Narcissa ... a bit self centered, but not evil at last. She has practially saved Birdies life.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you, thank you!Of coure we have no idea how Cygnus and Orion died; just that they both did during the same year.And yes, Narcissa isn't evil, just self-absorbed. Plus, letting Aunt Walburga behead the elf would be wasteful, when she could just make Birdie disappear.
I think Timothy fits in perfectly. I especially liked how Sirius said that the little one seemed a bit flat, as if a spark was missing. A good description.I also liked that you put a good reason behing Sirius leaving his home. If your uncle being poisoned by your parents wasn't a good reason to put distance between you and your family, I haver never seen one.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
It seemed to me that this pair might have had more kids but that there must be a reason we never met them. Tim and his situation seemed to be one possible answer to that question.It seemed to me that Sirius would be pretty upset with his family but that leaving them before he was of age would take some extra provocation. We know from the Black family tree that Alphard died around the time Sirius left, so I tied the two together in my mind.Anyway, thank you!
Beautiful story. I actually cried at the ending. Bravo! ^_^
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you! I'm sorry to make anyone cry, but I'm glad if you enjoyed the story.
I was so scared of reading this because I knew what had to happen, but you've handled it beautifully, and highlighted the good moments with Teddy, so it wasn't too sad to enjoy after all. Thank you for this story. Like I said, it's the only other Ted/Andromeda I've ever found.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
They're under-represented, for sure. I haven't seen any stories that cover this part of the canon exactly, but JackieJLH's "Ties that Bind" is a very good look at the Black sisters and Amita's "Riddle in Black" is another POV that's quite dark.Thank you so much for jumping so enthusiastically into my story! I look forward to seeing your develop.
lovely. thank you for all your time and effort - i appreciated it
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you! I really grew to love this pair and I was miserable to have to bring it to this ending. I'm glad others enjoyed the story, too.
Just found this story, and it's good to read for a change to read something about Ted Tonks and also an earlierera. It moved along at a good pace, and I'm lookingforward to continuing.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you! I have to admit I wasn't that interested in this pairing untill I really started to think about what Ted must have been like. Now I really like him... maybe too much. ;)
Excellent how you weave Draco's birthday and the prophecy in here!! Narcissa would have heard parts only and exactly not that the parents have had to be LV's enemies. I consider Trixie changing her name atruly wonderful detail! It's these things that bring life into a story. Adding the furry little problem is great, even if a bit more obvious. I'm still a bit confused at Andromeda's patience with living so separated from the world. She doesn't know it's "only" until Hallowe'en the following year. Where is Nymphadora getting primary education? Are Molly and Andromeda helping each other? Eventually their Squib son needs schooling, too. I doubt that he should be exposed to F&G ;-)
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Narcissa is the sort of overprotective mother who's nervous about every detail. Even if she knew the line about "thrice defied," she would have figured it could have included the time she served strawberry tart for dessert when the Tedious One wanted apple, LOL. She would have seen other infractions that she and Lucius had committed and come up with three.It stood to reason to me that if Andromeda was Sirius's favorite cousin, Sirius and his friends would be visitors at her house, so Tonks probably met Remus a few times before the first fall.I don't think Andromeda's necessarily patient as much as resigned. She does have Molly to share a cup of tea with from time to time, and when you're raising two small children, there's not much time for anything else, anyway. Elementary schooling for the wizarding children is a bit of a black hole in the canon. You would think they went to the local schools, but if so, they would know a lot more about Muggles, so they must be home-schooled up to the age of eleven.Thanks for such a lovely and thoughtful review!
Response from Bettina (Reviewer)
Severus could have enjoyed N's fear enough to forget intimating this detail. Isn't it far more convenient to have N's gratitude than owing Lucius!?JKR actually explained in an interview that all Weasleys were homeschooled by their mother. Of course, this source isn't perfect canon, and I believe she had to make it up quickly.
Furry little problems, eh? Out of the mouths of six year olds. ^_^
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Hee hee... I couldn't resist. She's six years old and has no idea what "furry little problems" are, but she wants one of her very own. Thanks for the review!
She's been patient long enough!Nice idea to have the two being more pushed than decisive. they'll get very determined soon, I'm sure! I don't know if it fits to Sirius saying that Andromeda was his favourite cousin, though. I would have assumed he'd liked a rebellish one best. But maybe this is yet to come... let me see...
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
I was trying to show one way some of these things might have developed. In some ways this Andromeda has to rebel against her self, too. Thanks for the review!
Sad that such tragedies are inevitable. Still, it's so well done. I loved the stuff with Narcissa and Birdie. Remus! A crowning moment for sure :D
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you! There are ways in which I really don't like the rest of this story. JKR was almost as hard on Andromeda as she was on Snape. I really got a kick out of writing the Tonks/Remus part. She knows exactly who she is and what she wants to be, even if she has no idea what she's talking about. ;)
awww....Welcome to the world Baby Tonks!!!
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thanks for the review!
Lovely work. I really like Ted and Andromeda and I am always surprised that they aren't written about more often.Very nice start. I like Ted. I'll continue reading this.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you! I like Ted, too. Once I started to think about him, I decided Ted must be like those many men who go to work, take care of their families and generally keep the world going. They're all heroes in their way.
One really can but wonder, how Andromeda managed to become a person capable of love and kindnes with that mother of hers.Well, well, she knows what she wants, and how to get it.Trixie has fullfilled her transformation to Bellatrix, the Death Eater. Scary.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
I had fun giving Andromeda a little bit of an "action" chapter. I think she was able to witness elements of love and kindness in her family. There's Alphard, after all. However, I think she needed to piece it all together, and fortunately she had Ted for that.Bellatrix isn't *quite* there, yet. Some of what Alphard said about shedding pure blood made her stop and think, but she's *most* of the way there.Thank you so much for everything, including that other note you sent me. Featured Story! I'm blushing!
Response from apisa_b (Reviewer)
I've just suggested your story - the other admins agreed to fearure it. It's well deserved.
Sometimes the worth of something becomes clear only when it is thought lost.Wow, what a leap in their relationship!
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
I think a lot of things came together in her mind just then. She probably remembered what a near miss she had the night they got married, so she understood just how likely a loss could be. I don't think it hurt that he got a bit disgruntled with her. I think they had reached a point where things were starting to just slide along and it wasn't enough. Once she realized it, I think she would go after what she wanted just as her sisters did once or twice in the canon. It's fun to speculate, any way.Thank you, again!
I really like it that Andromeda wasn't shedding all that was ingrained in her through education, just because she married a Muggle-born. The way her opinon on things changes gradually, makes your story very believable.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
I can't imagine shedding the upbringing of nineteen years, even if we suspect it's wrong, just in a few weeks. Little things will still come up from time to time, I think. It takes a conscious effort. For the most part, Ted's very patient with her, since he sees she's trying.Thank you for the review!
Finally I have found some time to continue reading your story. And there are a few chapters more to enjoy!It's wonderful to see how they develop their relationship.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
I hope that extra free time is spent on life in general. :) I'm honored that you used some of it to read my story. I think in getting married Andromeda entered a new and different world. Suddenly she's mixing with a different group of people. There will be some time of bewilderment and that will be followed by the other adjustments.Thank you for reading and reviewing!
Andromeda's got a backbone made of steel. Good for her negotiating her trust fund with her mother. Good foresight in taking the emeralds as well. If I was her I wouldn't be telling her mother anything about the baby. Looking forward to more.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Thank you for the review! I think it pays to be prepared when you're a Black. Unfortunately, I think part of her wanted her parents to be happy about her baby, even though she should know better.
What a sweet, wonderful chapter! The way you write the romantic, developing relationship between Ted and Andromeda has quickly made this one of my favorite stories. The Prewett brothers are too funny. You can see where George and Fred Weasley got it from. I was concerned that the story was ending when I saw the chapter title, but was relieved to see it was marked as not completed. Eagerly looking forward to more.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
No, it's not the end, fortunately. I'm glad you're enjoying this... it's a story that really grew on me as I wrote it. It's kind of fun extrapolating what some of these characters must have been like based upon their younger relatives. Thanks for the review, the next chapter is coming soon!
I love the story. Beautiful and tender, exciting and daring. Well thought out. I appreciate that. Thank you, and be encouraged to continue your story telling.
Response from Rose of the West (Author of The Life and Times of Perseus)
Oh, thank you! You're quite kind. A lot of nifty little things came together to result in this story. I'm glad that the readers enjoy it.