Oh this is so good... I had wondered with a bit more of a wait than before if u were not ( merlin forbid) ging to continue but so glad to find it here when I logged on. Alkso a new chap in Second life is also up for me to read today so all is fine in my world today Thank you Thank you please keep writing I love all your stories but have re read this twice already...love the expression my dear boy!!!!!!!!thanks mary

Oh, wow!

Holy bloody hell!  I cannot believe this chapter!  SO good!I love the connection Hermione and Snape have - it transcends space and time, and you write it so beautifully...Stupid Lucius - I wonder what the heck he really is about, you know?  And nasty, ugly, Bella - finally the mess inside is reflected as a mess outside...Bleck.  Eww.....Not even Voldemort would tap that!

My heart is in my throat, Mia. Omg. *whimpers*(go Hermione!)

I really wasn't expecting that at all! Marvellous chapter, but what else have we come to expect? :)

O. M. G. o. m. g. Brilliant doesn't even cover it, dude. That was... me needs a thesaurus... incredible... um... Wow. YES, Hermione!! Blow Bella's brains out! Hermione channels Dirty Harry!! Kapow! That was awesome! Seriously though, I loved every second of this chapter. Especially the dream. That was beautiful.

OMFG!!! On pins and needles waiting for the next brilliant chapter. 

Wow!I knew it would be worth waiting for.  My very favorite kind of cliff hanger. 

Simply magnificent, my dear, as always.

Oh. My. God. Severus needs to find her--fast!

*gasping for air**can't talk - gasping for air*THANK YOU!Wonderful seems such a pathetic word to describe this chapter. I chew off ALL my nails while Hermione heard them talk about her and Severus. I was literally on the edge of my seat.Gotta go and have some water and breathe a bit.(and, of course, start waiting for the next chapter...)

Goodness what a chapter!  Thank you!

wow! so bella was all a glamour! it fits! great update. thanks so much

It's about damn time someone uses a gun!!  Ugh!  This was another fantastic chapter.  I was so happy when I got the alert that it had ben updated.~*

Great chapter. Did they take the gun with to work out what killed Bella?

oh no! but you shot bella! so...yay!

Ive been hitting refresh on this for weeks woman! my god, to give me an update like that and leave me hanging again? For shame miss madwyn.  (i have no idea if that is your title or not but bear with me). this means I must keep hitting refresh again and again untill my curiosity is satisfied and i can read the next part.  God its good having something to look forward to!  I salute you!

Good Gawds!! When?? When will our couple finally see each other again? Ugh!! And I loved the description of Bellatrix as her glamour faded. The ravaged crone. I remember, sometime a while ago, about Severus thinking what a drain on one's magic it was to keep up a glamour like that all the time. I mean, I assume Bella may have looked like that anyway but I wonder if some of it was from her draining herself for her 'Lord'. And if that wackjob of a 'Lord' doesn't let Severus go soon I'm going to reach into this story and kill him myself! Harry Potter be damned! LOLExciting as always and I await our couples reunion anxiously. I hope they are not so far gone by that point that there is nothing left for them but despair.

Severus's devotion to Hermione is so moving, and her soul's visitation to him was a touching scene. It appears Lucius is lusting after Severus and would probably have conspired with Bella in some way. Unless Lucius was bluffing. It is so difficult to know for sure. I will await your next chapter.

Another captivating chapter, Mia. I loved the 'dreamscape' and Bella's transformation was a moment torn between sheer horror and mischievous delight. I am very worried what the power transfer from the DEs will do to Severus body/soul, because I have a feeling that this 'his musculature more sharply defined than she’d ever seen it' is caused by the 'process' and not by some kind of dreamy imagination.At least Hermione is on her way back to Hogwarts and has overheard some of what is going on, however, where is the revolver....

Sweet God in heaven!! You are evil and wonderful, and killing with all the cliffies!  How can you do this to us?  Absolutely fantastic chapter by the way, I'm still hoping that the ambiguous hero (that would be Snape) comes to the rescue in time!

I love updates! Congrats on your win by the way, you most certainly deserve it. Lovely chapter! I can't wait to see if Bella is gone!

Oh my! This story stirrs so many emotions, it is just amazing! I think I liked the idea of Hermione going to Hogwarths and hopefully stop Harry from doing anything stupid, not to mention preventing Severus to make inrevercible decissions, if that is your plan that is? To be honest, as much as I want and need for Hermione and Severus to be together, I don't think they can have a happily ever after with Voldemort as the victor. There will be so many more "Bellas" out there, Death Eaters who hate the status Severus have gotten as Voldemorts son and who will do anything to ruin him, not to mention his mudblood wife. Neither do I think that Hermione, and most likely Severus too, how ever much they need each other, will be able to live with the fact that they were the cause of so many innocents deaths. For they would be the cause, and no love in the world would be able to justify it. To be even more honest, as much as I wan't them back together, I don't think I will care so much for them if they loose the sigth of what is rigth and what is easy. The hero issue does play a part in my love for them, and if they side with the bad guys, betraying everyone (not that I care that much for Albus....), they will be so much less than I want them to be. I don't know if I make any sense, but hopefully you will understand somewhat how I think? No matter what, so far it is a brilliant update.

Wow, what heart pounding stuff!! The quiet, coiled tension in each "Clink" - brilliantly wrought!  And a Muggle bullet in Bella - yes!!I go where you take me, beloved authoress, and I don't really like spoilers...but please, is it almost time for their reunion? I think we're all suffering right along with H & S (that includes you), and astral visits are lovely, but some activities require flesh."Give me your black, black eyes..." Thank you for such a thrilling update!! More, please.

OOOOOooooohhh! Where'd the gun go? Is it magical?Very exciting, Mia. And not as hopeless and despair-inducing as previous chapters. I am starting to sense some light at the end of the tunnel. But if Hermione's at Hogwarts, what's to happen to Severus when the patronus he sends doesn't bring Harry Potter? Great work, Mia. Kept me on the edge of my seat with my knee bouncing in anticipation! I have to go back and read it again and again!