Thank you. :D Finding the right place to end a story is always difficult. I'm so glad you liked this ending. It's especially hard in a preplanned series.

Thank you. :D Finding the right place to end a story is always difficult. I'm so glad you liked this ending. It's especially hard in a preplanned series.

Thank you. That is the ultimate praise. I know that showing emotions for characters can be hard because different folks see them differently. I'm so glad these characters seem real to you.

Thank you. That is the ultimate praise. I know that showing emotions for characters can be hard because different folks see them differently. I'm so glad these characters seem real to you.

Thanks. :D I really do think he would be the type to really scheme something out. He showed so much of that in the books, and it's nice to use it for something positive.

Thanks. :D I really do think he would be the type to really scheme something out. He showed so much of that in the books, and it's nice to use it for something positive.

Thanks. I definitely think that Hermione would not just blindly accept whatever he has to tell her. This is a very angsty/emotional piece and I'm glad that it came off well. :)

Thanks. I definitely think that Hermione would not just blindly accept whatever he has to tell her. This is a very angsty/emotional piece and I'm glad that it came off well. :)

Thanks. I know she has a really rough time of things. Ah, the downfall of getting involved with teh intrigue in the Malfoy family. LOL

Thanks. I know she has a really rough time of things. Ah, the downfall of getting involved with teh intrigue in the Malfoy family. LOL

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it despite that omission. I guess the thing to remember is that Hermione was raised Muggle, so she may not 100% think like someone raised in a magical family. and when your entire life has been turned upside down, well, sometimes your brain doesn't work right. That's about the only defense I have for that decision.

I figured Hermione had been through enough, and of course Lucius is very interested in having an heir, so he would be very sure that the lotion would not harm mother or child. :D

As for the more explanation, I decided not to get too in depth in that whole saga. Since they were facts we were aware of, i didn't want to get into too much exposition. As she becomes more comfortable with how things have played out, she'll surely bring them more into her confidence.

Harry, I love his protective big brother side. It is so much fun to play with and I did find a perfect way to use it. :)

And yes, Lucius does love her; he just has a very odd way of showing it. This is a very foreign emotion to him, growing up in a society where blood is everything and that you marry the right girl to all of the sudden realizing that it really isn't and living through that societal shift. :)

I think I said it before, but I hope to start work on the final installment soon. :D  And thank you again for the wonderful review.

Ah, Lucius, I had to try so hard not to make this his story. LOL I find him so much fun to write for as I have a very Slytherin mind.

And I'm glad you enjoy this despite it not being your favored pairing. I think it's nice to try something new now and then. :D 

Hermione's reaction was one of the best parts of writing this story. I can only imagine how it would feel to get stuck in that sort of web and I'm thankful I'm not. LOL

As for Draco, he gets the last installment of the trilogy. :) 

Thank you very much. I have a soft spot for the pairing, so I will be doing my best to ensure they have a happy ending in anything I put them together in. :D... It's allways good to meet someone else who can't resist those naughty Slytherins.

Thanks, Jenny. I really did enjoy Lucius here and it would have been so easy for me to delve into his mind. In fact, my first draft really did and I had to force myself to focus more on Hermione. That made it a more fun story for me. And I hope to get to the last one sooner rather than later. :)

No worries on the not reviewing. I'm glad that you thought the story was wonderful. It was a lot of fun for me to write.

Thank you very much. I kind of felt sorry for Harry. He's been hating Lucius for years, and he finally had a really good reason to hate the man and had it yanked out from under him. I just love the Lucius/Hermione pairing, so I will strive to give them a happy ending, but I have muses that you just can't reckon with sometimes.

Oh, June, a Malfoy in Gryffindor I love that idea. I wonder what he would do if that happened. As of now, Hermione thinks that she made the right choice. We'll see how that goes.

You mean I have to be mean to Draco and Phaedra? I think I can do that.  

ahem.... "Fallen from Glory"?  It doesn't have to be very long - just enough to kill Draco and Phaedra!

The stars have aligned and I did actually write the final installment of the fic. As to whether or not I was mean to them, well, you'll have to see. My beta is working on it and I hope to have it back soon. I have waffled between letting Draco find some sort of happiness or being miserable.

Thanks. I really do enjoy trying to come up with really good Slytherin schemes. It makes writing for the Slytherins so much fun. And of course I had to involve Severus. He makes at least a token appearance in just about everything I write.

Thanks, I'm having lots of fun playing with characters in this one. Standby for some heavy angst. Well, maybe not heavy any more. But there is still some. :)

The problem is, they both want things there way, and right now, she's nursing her little grudge, and he's quite miffed. Being a smart man, I think he'll figure out he screwed up big time. Question is, can she overcome her hormones? LOL

Glad you enjoyed the update. I'm working on the next chapter. 

I loved the disowning, too. I tried to think of the most horrible thing Lucius could do to Draco and that was it. It was fun having petulant brat Draco to play with.

As for Hermione resisting Lucius, well, she's hormonal right now. I think once Lucius realizes that, he'll try to convince her rather than bully her, which he found isn't working.

I do hope to have the third up sometime this week. We'll see how it goes. I have some minor rewriting I need to do. I really need to figure out how I'm going to end the whole thing. LOL

LOL Yeah, going to Harry probably isn't the smartest thing to do, but he's the one contact she has to the Wizarding world that will be kind to her... As for Lucius not reminding her, well, he's a bit distressed, too. And he joins you in hoping that Hermione will calm down and think rationally.

Thanks, KC. Yup, poor Lucius and Hermione are on opposite sides of a gulf created by a misunderstanding. Rest assured, he wants to bridge that gap, it's just a matter of figuring out how. LOL

As for Draco and Phaedra, you will learn more about them in the next installment. 

Hopefully more will be coming in the next few days. 

Yup, poor Hermione is in for a rough ride. We've had evidence that she is fairly emotionally volatile, too (the troll in the bathroom, blowing up at Ron, etc), so that's going to play into her behavior. Hopefully she can be made to see reason and that Lucius has the patience to realize she's very hormonal. Glad you enjoyed the first part. :)

Thanks, wildkitty. I'm glad to hear that you have been looking forward to the sequel. I had hoped that it wouldn't take quite this long, but what can you do? I do agree that Hermione's perspective will be quite interesting because she is pregnant. Yes, getting involved with Malfoys is always complex.