If you were playing Volleyball, this chapter would be a Spike. Golf, a Hole in One.Baseball's Grand Slam.A hit. A very palpable hit.....

F****k!!!!  thats all I can think  after I read this chapter... Imsorry but it sounds like the dark lord is going to win!!!!  and Gasp!  at this moment  I hope he does, I think the best tyrants give to they followers what they truly want  and   so they  have  something tangible  after the battle and being good  just for being good no matter your heart  it's not easy and maybe not advisable. Poor severus  I hope they found Hermione  soon  and I have a badfeeling that she may now want to join the dark!!!  or die figthing  besaides severus!  I think that that may happen! she can't figth against  him he's her soul!!!By the way I don review  as  shoul but I love your story I even opened a  account here to read it ( Im  not a pacient person)

Intricate and very powerful chapter. I really don't review this story enough, but I eagerly anticipate and read each new chapter.

Wow. Just... wow.

Okay, so like it's been awhile since I've read and reviewed - yeah, to be honest, it's been 20 something chapters since I've read your story and I played catch up today.Damn. *shakes head*So she should have trusted her own research - soulmates, true soulmates and now they are both damaged and at the Dark Lord's mercy.*bows to your ingenuity*Albus may be in the general's position, however, the most effective leaders remember that their chess pieces are still human beings at the end of it all and treat them with the respect due a thinking, loving being.Lots of meta in the last few chapters. Definite food for thought. Trying to see where Luna fits in this latest move of Hermione's. Wondering how you didn't go mad trying to get this last chapter just right. I'm just sitting here in awe.Wishing you happy writing my dear. *waves*

OMG Mia! you've ripped my heart out with this chapter. You've had me crying my eyes out for both Severus and Hermione. And oh god what has he done drinking that wine, and will Hermione be found, or ...Mia there are more questions than answers with this chapter and I still hope, long, wish for a happy ever after. However, you leave me fearful for both Severus and Hermione... but maybe what is most astounding about this chapter is that I hate, yes I know its a strong word, you Dumbledore more than I hate JKR's manipulative B****** Dumbledore. Oh and Voldi made my skin crawl.Damn you woman what are you doing to me this chapter hurt more than reading "The Princes Tale" chapter of DH and I still can't read that chapter.Flamming brilliant, even though you've left me a wreck - and if my experience of writing is the norm you've probably left yourself a wreck - I am desperate for answers and hope that you muse is kind and that the next few chapters pour easily from you.Thank you for this roller coaster, In anticipation Sav x

What a chapter - riveting and wow - the ending where her turned to the Dark Lord to make it all better. What is happening to Hermione - she is in bad trouble I fear. I cannot wait for the next chapter - Good work.

Oh geez.I'm speechless.And I want more.  And I want to know more.  And they need to find each other, and ... wow.  Wow. You have a serious talent for evoking these reactions in me.  If I end up needing medical treatment, I'll send you the bill, LOL.  First the adrenal glands and now my brain in general; you're taking me apart piece by piece!  Of course, I'll forget the whole medical bill thing if you get the next chapter out quickly.  ::bats eyelashes::

wow.. that chapter was intense and AWESOME!Nice writing.

Oh my, how very cliffhangered that was. The story is really coming to quite the dramatic bit isn't it?

I do love this fic. Can't wait to read the next chapter.

How messed up is it that I hate Dumbledore so much more than I even dislike Voldemort?  And he's just plain creepy!About half-way through the chapter I actually yelled "Dumbledore so deserves to die!"Poor Hermione.  Poor Severus.Hope you update soon!  (Just leaving them like that would be mean...)Looking forward to the next!

I was certainly not expecting this turn of events.  It is very different from the usual marriage law challenges.  That makes it stand out more, in my mind.  I hope we don't have to wait so long for the next update.

Shoot. My brain's exploded.

Damn!!  This chapter has, if anything, been the most intense ride yet!  I love the stream of consciousness bits and the revelation about the soul magic.  You really had me scared during Hermione's second POV section, because I thought for sure Severus was dead.  Thankfully not.  Albus, however, should be.  *growls*  Manipulative bastard.  I don't doubt for a second that Voldemort's twisting things to his own ends, too, but at least he's supposed to be evil!  *hmph*  And Severus.  That choice is so filled with despair and so filled with hope all at once.  Like I said at the outset: damn!!

You do know that you're brilliant, don't you?The style of this chapter, the cadence of the words, the single sentence paragraphs, all come together in a way that builds into a tsunami of emotion.  A veritable tidal wave of angst to wash over the reader, spilling into the white space between each carefully crafted sentence.Desperation in the search, the sense of loss, and the revelation that these two are truly soul riven.The insight of Voldemort, the son of Darkness, in contrast with the blindness of Dumbledore, the son of Light.  You redefine Darkness and Light by blurring all of the lines that are supposed to define each.No wonder you struggled so to write this.  Words are easy.  Poetry is not.

I am really, really, desperately hoping, more strongly than I ever imagined, that Albus dies by the end of this story.This story is ridiculous. Amazing. I've never felt as though my own heart were on the line before, but I feel that so strongly here. I feel it might burst.

First of all, thank you for the update! I must admit to have had mixed emotions towards whishing for a new update, the previous chapter left me in a sort of limbo:-) There is of course no doubt that I would read the next update, and now that I have, I am glad I think...:-) For me, some of what made your story special (except for brilliant plot and excellent writing) is that Severus and Hermione had each other. Most stories have some variation of breaking them apart, due to misplaced "honour", even more misplaced insecurity etc etc etc, for so bringing them back together in the seccond to last or last chapter. For me, much of the magic in your story was that they had eachother, Dumbledort and Voldidork could scheeme, lie and betray, but Severus and Hermione had eachother, their  love and their trust, and that made them strong.  Then you took it away, and I felt that the story just turned into something I had read many times before, still brilliantly written, but some of the magic dissepeared.  Now, though I am concerned about Severus accepting the dark magic and what that will mean for his and Hermiones future, I do have a glimmer of hope and a bit of faith that you will manage to bring the magic back. That you had some intention and plan, other than the before mentioned cliche reasons for breaking them apart, and that we soon will see that what you did was necessary for the progress in the story, Do update again soon!

So glad to see another chapter of one of my favorite WIPs! Came here directly from reading the latest chapter of Lariope's utterly amazing "Second Life," and you both manage to paint a particularly conniving, nasty portrait of Albus (extraordinarily plausible, too, I might add).  Here, Voldemort is almost a better master--he understands what Severus is willing to sacrifice and sees how he can use that for his own ends--he knows what Hermione means to him, while Dumbledore is too focused on his Master Plan to even care how Severus feels.Fascinating, complicated, and quite wonderfully done--and I need more!

Oh My!  I knew this would be an intense chapter with the way the last one ended -- as well as the extra time it was taking to post (I had become VERY spoiled with the weekly updates, but I knew I had to be patient.)  You did not disappoint.  Early on this was an intense and confusing chapter.  From your skillful pen it became an intense and confounding chapter.  I feel how Severus has been backed into a corner by both Voldemort (the Dark rings true) and the idiot, Dumbledore (who can't seem to see beyond the end of his nose -- I really don't like Dumbledore here and hope there is a fitting future for him provided by Severus and Hermione).  But where this story will go from here is really puzzling.  Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next revealing chapter (whenever it comes).  Thanks, JoAnne (a much calmer fan now that I have had my "Creature" fix )

Awesome chapter. Gut-wrenching and dramatic. I can't wait for more!

Oh... Wow! I really do not like Albus! LOL So. Their souls have been literally ripped apart. I hurt for them. I wish I knew what the Dark Lord was planning...

This is crazy I can't wait for the next chapter. This must have taken a lot out of you to write. Gah.

look i never review...its not my thing. but in your case i will make an exception.......imagine the most evil glare and a bit of finger waging and listen upYOU WILL FIX THIS!!!!!!!!

Wow that was intense, eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

Oh wow. That was powerful. While reading through the last bit with Tom Riddle I kept wondering about the "what if's". There has to be a catch, for surely Tom would never allow Severus to have any person in his life that could possibly match the devotion and affection he felt for his master? Can't wait for the next chapter!