Broken Hearted

Part 10... Q & A, round one?


Consciousness was slow to return to Harry. He awoke feeling for all the world like someone had fried his brain and then decided it would be a wonderful idea to run over him with the Hogwarts Express, repeatedly. For this reason he didn't open his eyes immediately to see where he was right then. No, Harry already knew all he needed to know. The softness of the sheets and mattress alerted him that he was in his own bed.


The arms wrapped around him told him that Draco now held him. Harry knew it was his lover as Draco held him as no other ever dared to before, like something to be cherished. This is what crossed his mind as he opened his eyes to gaze upon a sleeping blonde angel in his bed.


Harry just lay there for who know how long just watching Draco sleep. Harry thought back to the previous night they had sex together. It had been hot and slow and Harry had allowed himself to do something he shouldn't have done. He fell in love with the git.


Draco seem to return the feelings. That night had been filled with whispered word that had been bottled up inside over the years. There had been so much they'd pent up that they spent the rest of the night talking and shagging. Sleep had finally claimed them shortly after the break of day.


Harry sighed Draco's name and snuggled closer. He was safe for now and time was precious. Harry intended to enjoy this fleeting sensation for as long as possible. Smiling to himself, Harry closed his eyes once more and drifted into the land of dreams.


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"Now that Draco has revealed you of watch duty perhaps you would be so kind as to explain to me what in the bloody hell is going on?" the question exploded from Severus before the door was even shut good.


"What do you wish to know?" Rayne toed off his shoes and fell onto the bed in exhaustion. "I will answer your questions. However, be warned, I am willing to tell you what I can, but I reserve the right to refuse that which either must not or can not be revealed."


Severus's sharp intake of breath was a clear indication of his displeasure at being denied any answers, but his facial mask was firmly in place and gave away nothing. "What are you?"


Rayne couldn't help the smirk that accompanied his answer. "Complicated."


Rayne didn't even have to see Severus to know he'd rolled his eyes as he moved away from the door. He listened as his mate sat in a chair across from him. "Don't get cute, Ethan, answer the damn question."


The halfling laughed and lifted his head up off the bed. "I did answer your question. I'm, Complicated Chaos." At the other man's arched brow glare, Rayne tried again. " As in your a Potions Master and it is what you are and what you do. Complicated Chaos is my title, Severus. It IS what I AM and what I DO."


Severus scooted closer to the edge of his seat as Rayne put his head back down. "I was under the impression that only a demon could be a Chaos."


"Half." Rayne gave away begrudgingly.


"Half?"


"I'm a halfling." Rayne snagged a pillow from the top of the bed and shoved it under his head. " I believe the wizarding term is mudblood. My father is The Chaos Demon and my mother was a human muggle."


Rayne watched as Severus winced at the use of the pureblood's term for half breeds. He mumbled. "I thought you were a muggle when we first met."


*I met him during my punishment period? Interesting. It also explains a few things.* Rayne thought to himself.


"I was stripped of my demon powers for a while for disobeying a direct order from the PTB." He offered in a way of explanation as he transformed into his demon half.


"PTB?" Severus shifted away slightly.

It hurt a little that his mate was afraid of him in this form but Rayne knew it would take time. "Powers That Be. Some call them Fate but others call them gods. In reality, they're basically immortals in charge of keeping the status quo, so to speak."


"And you defied them? Why?" Severus asked leaning forward once more.


Rayne knew his mate's curiosity would only outweigh his real questions for only so long. Still, he would play along for now. "Listen, I work for them to keep the balance. It's my job and I'm really good at it. However, in this case I was supposed to let someone die and I couldn't bring myself to do it. I did the one thing that is strictly forbidden in cases of a direct order. I interfered. My punishment was to live a muggle lifetime. I literally lived and died like a mortal." Ethan held up his hand to stall any farther questions about the PTB. "I've already said too much about the PTB and you'll have to accept that this may be all I will ever tell you about them."


"Actually I wanted to know for whom did you deemed it necessary to risk so much?"


He hesitated for a moment but finally replied. "Harry Potter."


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A/N: As some of you already know, my computer died. For those of you who didn't well hackers suck and when it died it took all my works with it.

I'm doing the best I can to re-write everything so please hang in there with me. I hope to update this story soon but make no promises as my schedule is tight. Keep your fingers crossed that I get to time to write tomorrow.

As always reviews are welcome.

ta,

Juno