Hello Livvy :)Did I overread something? When I read this, I thought there had to be another chapter before this one. When did Hermione and Snape have their first contact in Paris? When did he make his plans? I'm missing something here. But I enjoyed the reading nonetheless very much and I'm looking forward to the next chapter!

I love Katya! "stary perdun" indeed. ;) I'm also intrigued by the good ol' boys of the potions profession. I hope they'll figure into the plot more! Great OCs, in other words, and I love Hermione's glam Paris storefront too -- thanks for another great chapter.

This is why I don't usually read WIP's. I'm so caught up in this story. Great job! I can't wait to read more. 

"I'm sorry we lost our tempers." Bwhahahahaha!!! Love it! 

This story is amazing so far, sweetie, it really is! It's really making me emotional. Now, I'm off to finish reading. 

noooo! D: everytime i'm at the end of a chapter i feel so chated. its a wonderful fic. you need to write longer chapters. >.< i love them so mch!

good story line, kept your interest going ,hurry with the finish thank you.

Oh my goodness!  This story is getting SO exciting, I can't wait for these two to finally meet up again and hash out all that needs to be hashed out!  Hope to see an update soon, I am always checking back :)

It's strange that previous to this night he hadn't heard of La Chasseresse or that Hermione Granger was said Huntress.With his newfound train of thought focused on Hermione Granger I can't help but wonder what exactly will the catalyst / moment of realisation that everyting will fit in place?  All of his thoughts for Alice Hermione's parentage, the fact that his body knows Hermione.  I think subconsciously he knows it's Hermione that he's looking for, but is still unwilling to completely accept it.Eaglerly looking forward to seeing what happens next!

oh man! like every other comment i make, i really just want to keep reading! you write fabulously. i cannot wait for the next chapter. :D

hm.... interesting S isnt willing to "go there" in his mind about H.thanks for the update

oh my!  Severus is NOT figuring this out!  LOL.  Oh he is going to be such a wreck when he does.  OMG!

It is a painful story but then so many things that happen in war time are painful.  I have been drawn into the story and can't stop reading.  Excellent!

Wow, it just makes me feel sorry for the families of death eaters.  Thinking about the fact that death eaters were once just kids, human beings with parents and friends.  It's sad.Poor Snape still hasn't figured it out.  Oh dear, what will he do when he DOES!  I can't wait to find out!

Great chapter and worth the wait. I hope things are getting better for you personally Livvy. Thanks again for sharing your great talent with us.

No matter how much Severus tries to not notice that Alice reminds him of someone from his past, there is always a time when he will see her and be reminded of... who?  When Alice smiled at him he noticed her dimple.  When he thought of the dark curly haired little girl, he wondered about her name. 

“Miss Longbottom,” he began, “I never quite understood the reason for your name. Alice, of course, makes complete sense and is only fitting that your father named you after his mother. I knew her. She was a loving, gentle, young woman. However, how did you come by your middle name?”

But this time instead of wondering, he asked her and found that she was the goddaughter of Hermione Granger… and she was apparently going to take after her godmother and be a “hand-waving know-it-all”… another bane of his existence.

I suppose for a time his mind was distracted from all of these musings about the little girl when he had been to Avery Manor to help search the dungeons for the body of the girl he had been haunted by for so long.  However, all that came to a screeching halt when they found nothing, and he had to admit that he had not bothered to notice anything about her physically, no birthmarks, not even the “V” brand that had been burned into her shoulder blade.  Nothing. 

During his recent attendance at the Potions Symposium in Moscow, he has once again been reminded of Hermione.  Every single Potions master there was abuzz about this new Potions upstart in Paris who had taken the city by storm, and he found that her name was Granger.  Poor Severus.  Even as he was pounding into the delectable eighteen-year-old Russian Potions apprentice he could not get Hermione off his mind, and it almost cost him his bits.  After he returned to his room for the night, he could not stop thinking about Hermione.  In the throes of his own self-induced orgasm, he has vowed to find Miss Granger and see why she has claimed his thoughts and his fantasies.  Where did this attraction to her come from when he had never thought of her that way before… or had he?

All the while Severus is trying to come to terms with this fascination for Hermione Granger, she is truly coming into her own and making quite a name for herself in the Potions world.

Thanks for another great chapter!  I am loving this story.

Beth

You've got Alice Hermione with the perfect mix of the polite young woman she is being taught to become, and the spunky know-it-all that is bursting at the seams to garner attention from the teacher most children probably still fear.  The clues to her parentage are all there, he just hasn't quite had the spark to get that fire burning.  He even wonders if she will be a Slytherin.  I both hope and fear the recognition that is surely coming soon.The whole broom closet scene was weird.  I don't mean weird like poorly done or out of place, just ... weird.  Why on earth is he thinking of Hermione at such a time?  I mean, she was on everyone's tongue tonight, even being described for her much noted physical attributes.  Of course she was on his mind.  But he was in the middle of perfectly good sex with the type of woman who interests him, and he goes thinking about the huntress.  Is it just the famaliarity of knowing her in a previous life so to speak, or the fact that he is wowed by her prowess in the difficult world of potions?  Or is there something more important going on?  I am loving this build up, but I just really want him to find out so things can explode and then hopefully start to heal.  It is like ripping the band-aid off quickly, let's just get it over with.  I do wonder from her point of view where she is at in her life.  She is obviously successful professionally, but has she moved on past the demons of Severus Snape and his appearance on her doorstep will open old wounds?  Or is she still plagued on a daily basis with thoughts of him?Livvy, you've got such a good thing going here you have me dying to know more.  ( That is my subtle way of begging for more, quickly)

oooh, dear.  Well, he IS a very observant kind of wizard what with being a spy.  I'm afraid this secret will not last long.  Should be fun, though.

Poor Hermione.  I hope she finds her way again and can somehow come to terms with the way things have happened.

Hmmm, to go from 0 to 60 in seconds flat?!?! Severus went from not giving a flying fuck about Hermione AT ALL, to wondering what she'd be like to shag???  What the hell got into him???

Hmm, Severus really knows how to pick those red heads! Sweet girl!  So what's with the thoughts of Hermione?  He plugs himself into this other girl and re-awakens Little Sev?  Vagina memories?  A divining 'rod' seeking home?    [Don't mind me ... blame the snow.]OK, I'm going to be dense here - why is SS running into Alice when he comes back from Azkaban?  [The snow is interfering with my reception.]

Every time a new chapter loads, I get that shiver of excitement- surely /now/ he'll discover the secret?  Surely he's got to find out?  The dimple, the middle name, the discovery of each little part getting him closer and closer... and every chapter we have to wait just that next bit longer.  Agony!  How it cuts like a knife (though a fictional one).  I won't be annoying and beg for more, but I will say that I eagerly await your next chapter- your story has me drawn in like few do.

Hot naughty hot naughty hot hot hot! How close to the truth are we??? Ooooohhh!!!

The situation is almost frightening. Severus, now the proverbial dog gnawing on a  bone, said bone being the image of Hermione the 'huntress'... who at this point in her life has probably tried to put her past experience with Severus as far behind her as possible. Though she will never be rid of the memory, nor what their joining produced, and what she has tried to protect.Love this.  I look eagerly toward the time when your update graces the pages here.Thank you again for sharing~

The 'hunt' is on for the identity of the girl in the burlap sack.  This does not bode well for Hermione.  Severus has the drive of guilt behind him, plus the want for truth.Exciting, and well written.Thanks again~