Thank you for your lovely words. This story is very special to me, and the writing process felt as though it was inspired by something bigger than me :-) the Muse was in her element. 

Thank you for your lovely words. This story is very special to me, and the writing process felt as though it was inspired by something bigger than me :-) the Muse was in her element. 

Thanks for giving this a try - yeah, Snape/Lupin have bucketloads of issues!! ;o)Appreciate the review.HH

Thank you very much for the review!;o)HH

This fic was both difficult and a pleasure to write, one because it allowed me to 'go' places I'd not been before (slavery, dark!fic as requested by the prompt) as well as the emotional aspect of things and just how tied in knots we can find ourselves when dealing with love. I felt that the story needed to be intense in order to realistically deal with themes as large and powerful as serpent wanted.  Thanks for reading and reviewing!~H

Thanks. I agree - slash definitely isn't for everyone, and this was written for a prompt given at the Snupin_Santa 2006 Gift Exchange.  It certainly called me to a darker place than I normally go, but I'm happy you enjoyed it. ~HH

It's good you can write about a multitude of things though. Many people struggle creating stories, I being one of them, and prefer to read and review. Keep writing, and defining yourself as a write of many great things and creating stories no one but yourself can have dreamed of.Go for it!

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Woo hoo!!!  With encouragment like that, how can I go wrong!! ;o)Working on 3 fics right now, would ya believe.

~HH 

Yeah, graphic just about sums it up ;-)  I was concerned while writing it that I might go a bit 'over the top', but my recipient was really pleased with it, and I'm hapy you enjoyed it also.

~HH 

Wow, thanks! What's Snupin without a little angst, right?  That's a wonderful review, and I'm really pleased that everything worked for you. I'm pretty proud of the finished product, helped in no small part by my fantabulous betas!  ~HH

*blushes*

High praise indeed.  I really wanted the grittiness of Remus' plight to feel authentic, partly because the prompt called for it and also partly because I felt that I needed to branch out a bit and really 'dig deep' into the psyche of a prisoner who tries to hold out hope but feels it slipping away.  This type of fic is a departure from my normal writing style but I really enjoyed stretching to accomplish it, and of course, ebonyserpent gave me such an excellent scenario to work with! Thanks for your review. ~HH 

Well, my giftee, ebonyserpent wanted a slavefic with BDSM, and it's hard not to get dark and dirty with one of those. Thanks for your review! HH

I love 'em too!! Thanks! HH

Oh my God, have I not responded to this????? I'm so very very sorry, and thanks so much for leaving such a wonderful review.The anonymity of the Exchange enabled me to create the story without the usual 'holdbacks' in terms of plotlines and treatment of characters.  It was incredibly freeing as well as humbling, because the characters truly 'lived' their stories - I just put it into words :)Thanks again for your review - really. I'm grinning.~HH

*grins*

Well, I personally love an ass-kicking Severus! Thanks for your review. HH

Thanks, lovey! We'll have to blame ebonyserpent for *making* me hurt him so much! *snort*

Squee!! I didn't even know it had been validated yet, and you're my first review! Thanks, hon, and yeah, it was pretty intense, both for us and for the poor characters. Welcome to the Snupin way of love! *snicker* ::hugs you::