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Why did this have to happen? *sniff* it takes years to recover from rape. Scarey and very sad. uhhh, thanks for the update.

Quit apologizing- you know you love to do this to us. Har har. This was yet another excellent chapter that we\'ve waited AGES to read. The details are great, and you have a real flair for the dramatic. I was relly squicky when I read that LM entered the room with DM, but was quite surprised that the curse backfired on DM as well. Good plot point. Hey, update again tomorrow!

::sigh:: well written, emotional, so very sad, and such a great twist in the story. you\'ve done a wonderful job with this chapter, and it made me cry terribly. thanks for posting hun, i always love a good update.

Wow. That was a powerful chapter. I imagine that was very difficult to write. You did an excellent job. I\'ve got more thoughn thn this, but I\'ll send them to you in an email. Very well done.

It\'s been alluded to and ve ave a great deal to say about the most recent chapter, though I won\'t say it all here as there is more story to come. No, I am not myself a rape victim. I have know several people who were and helped them deal with it, but I am most grateful not to be among them. I have, however, been physically assaulted and emotionally abused at some periods in my life, but never from home. I had an excellent childhood and am proud to say so. My experience with abuse is something that took me a great deal of time to come to terms with and I feel I am a stronger person because of it, but the atioation I put myself in the aftermath probably made things worse rather than help me deal with the issues I faced. I want to explore some of the \'what ifs\' of other approaches, though some of what you will read in upcoming chapters reflects things I did, but I\'m not in any way being autobiographical. I think the rape in this story is very different in many ways from the ones I encountered with people I know. To start, Hermione has a loving and stable relationship and I think that is very significant. She also has guarenteed identification of her attacker which makes justice somewhat simpler to attain. I have very strong feelings about Ginny and Rosemerta in this chapter, but I\'m trying not to skew my POV. Perhaps I will write another fic to deal with them just as I am starting to go through the chapters and add a Severus POV (which you can read on L&LS). I promise you, the Malfoys will get their comeuppence. There is also some really interesting (at least to me) back story which will come out soon so watch ahead for that. I really hope to keep the emotions and reactions in this and the next few chapters genuine because they play on such sensative issues. I would hate for anyone to think that the rape is simply a plot device. It isn\'t. This chapter, in some form or other, has been part of my story plan since the beginning. Incidently, so has George\'s girlfriend, but that is a whole other story. I think I have waxed on enough so I will end this here. k yok you to everyone who is reading and even more to everyone who is reviewing. You will get a more personalized thanks later, but for now know I am very appreciative of your comments.
Most Sincerely,
Da Feather

Oh crap, well at least they have Draco. More very soon please. To gut-wrenching to leave like this for long.

omg...my heart hurts so much for hermione...and i\'m shocked that severus isn\'t hell bent on killing both the malfoys...i so hope they get what\'s coming to them and that hermione won\'t shut herself in...wonderful chapter, just so heart breaking...please update soon!

OMG! What a cliffhanger!! Please write soon!

Awsome chapter! I can\'t wait to find out who hexed Hermione! Please update again soon.

Tiffany

Nice little cliffhanger there, must you torture us so, lol! I can\'t wait for the next chappie! I wonder if it is a Malfoy and if they\'ll ever leave well enough alone. Blah! LOL!