I saw my husband tonight. For a few hours, in a sketchy Muggle pub in a terrible part of London, we were alone. A few hours together. More than I thought we would get. I thought he was dying, broken. I was broken, dying, ready to kill anyone who would keep me from him, regardless of the consequences. We were both entirely fragile. But he looked at ( Read more... )

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I guess it shouldn't seem that odd, to be eating cinnamon-and-sugar toast alone at Kingsley's seats-twelve dining room table. I've done it before - well, not the cinnamon toast since I never could find Lee's spice cupboard - but staying at a friend's house post-break-up. Honestly, you'd think I invented this sort of thing I've done it so often. A ( Read more... )

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I remember when I broke his inkwell, the one owned by Dostoevsky, the first real hint he had of my clumsiness. The first real hint we had of our chemistry, even if we didn't know what it was then. It was just power, like the first time you get a tough spell right; it travels up your wand arm and goes straight to your heart. That's what it was like ( Read more... )

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Here are the first of the codes we discussed for establishing contact. One and two are for direct contact in a situation of questionable security with corresponding levels of message priority. Neither should be used from any place inside direct Ministry control. Three and four can be used to temporarily turn any form of mobile communication ( Read more... )

I'm sure you all know that our son and daughter possess incredible magical ability for their age. What you may not know is that our son appears also to have unanticipated physical grace, (especially considering his mother.) Van has astonished us with his mobility by rolling over from his front to his back all on his own! His sister is envious, I ( Read more... )

I have to admit, the Dolohovs are impressive, in their own way. Their skill at secrecy, double-talk, deniability, and coded communication should be studied. In the past few days, we've had a wrong-address floo call that was a signal for a meeting, a hang-up on the ansaphone that turned out to have a coded message inside about travel arrangements, ( Read more... )