Sidus and Gloria battle their demons which they are both desperatly trying to hide.  When confrotnted by each other, they still cannot grasp the other.  Expectations are just to high sometimes.

The sins of Salazar Slytherin have come back to haunt Sidus. He must deal with an insanity that plagues his line, an addiction that threatens his future and a temper that is uncontrollable. Gloria gets caught up in the middle of it all and she does not know how to deal with it when their relationship goes accidentatly goes public.

Sidus and Gloria's realtionship get strained as Sidus's addiction becomes the running force in his life. An olf flame erupts and Sidus does the same. Gloria gets caught in the middle of a feud of Snakes and tried not to get bitten.

As Sidus returns to Hogwarts, classes are in full swing and a reunion between Sidus and Gloria turns out. Fate, it seems, throws toagther the two Heirs at every chance it gets and then the pst comes back to Sidus. In a moment of weakness, the least likely person helps him through. Gloria has had enough of bad realtionships and severs one that was not promising.