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Chapter 9

Hermione went to the latch that kept the window closed and played with it for a few seconds before taking it fully. Before she had the time to open the window, Severus understood what she was going to do and leapt towards her.

"Hermione!" he exclaimed, rapidly closing the latch and taking her in his arms to comfort her.

"I can't Sev, I can't live with myself, knowing that thanks to me Voldemort lives. What if he messes up with my mind like he did with Quirrell and I end up hurting someone. I think it's better for you to let me go, we don't even know if we'll manage to rid ourselves of him. It's better if I go… Please, Sev, let me…" She sobbed into his arms, weakly trying to escape from his hold.

Instantly, he crashed his lips against her. He knew that in some situations, actions were much more efficient than words. Quickly enough, she began to respond to his kiss, caressing his tongue with her own while her hands roamed on his body.

He kissed his way until her ear and bit lightly the shell of it, nuzzling his nose into her hair and taking deep breaths of a scent that he could only describe as her.

"My dear, I will never leave you alone. I am here for you… Always." He breathed into her ear, his velvet like voice making her shudder in anticipation to what was going to happen.

"I love you Severus, please take me, it's been too long." She let escape with a moan as he suckled onto her neck, leaving small red trace behind.

"With the greatest pleasure my love, just please, never do that again. I don't know what I'll do without you by my side. I would go barking mad." He said, pausing an instant his ministration and looking at her dead in the eyes.

Hermione smiled a little and kissed his cheek sweetly before searching for his mouth again. Their kisses were now filled with passion and more urge than before. He scooped her up in his arms and placed her on the bed, he rose back up from it and took in the sight of his wife spread across the bed, her eyes filled with lust.

She rose from the bed, surprising him for an instant, and turned him around onto it, pinning him to the mattress without a second thought. She kissed him fiercely, taking grasps of his shirt and ripping it away from his body rapidly. When one of the buttons of his frock coat resisted a tiny bit too long for her taste, she ripped it away.

Severus was looking at her, both his hands inside her curly mane of hair, not caring the slightest bit about the ripped clothes. Soon enough, he too needed more. He took her school shirt and quickly unfastened the buttons hiding her luscious breasts from his sight.

"Not so fast my princess, I want to take all my time." He told her in the shell of the ear.

"Severus Tobias Snape, if you don't take me right now, I swear to Merlin I'll use an Unforgivable to make you." Hermione scram as he took her full breast in his mouth and suckled on it.

"I don't want you to be away from me my love, come now."

And in a split second, all their clothes had disappeared from their bodies. A few seconds later, they were both panting and moaning in earnest, and both of their excitements were visible.

"Hermione, I love you so so much, I don't want to let you go. Fight this with me darling, and never leave me because I don't know what I would do without you" Severus said before pushing inside her and staying flushed with her, committing each movement to his memory.

Hermione's hips grinded against his own, impaling themselves onto his proud cock. When she reached down to him to kiss him, he spun them around so he was on top.

"Hey, that's not fair, I was on top…" Hermione pouted to him as he caressed her face.

"You'll have plenty of time to be on top another time my perfect little darling, for the moment, enjoy." Severus said, pressing his points by kissing her and thrusting himself into her languidly.

"Fuck, Severus… please… don't stop." Hermione panted as her orgasm approached.

Just when she was about to fall over the cliff of her precipice, Severus stopped and pulled away. Hermione cried out in desperation and Severus positioned himself behind her, hugging her hips and bringing her towards himself. He thrusted and entered her vagina. She cried out once again, but this time in pleasure as he began to play with her clit.

"Come for me my darling" He whispered in the shell of her ear.

"Sev" Hermione moaned as she came, biting onto the nearby cushion as to not wake Noxia up.

Her orgasm triggered Severus' release who came inside her, murmuring all sorts of compliments to Hermione who didn't have the force to register them. He pulled himself out of her and pulled the comforter over the both of them, nuzzling in the nape of her neck.

"Sleep my darling, I'm right there and I'll stay by your side no matter what." He whispered in her ear, utterly spent.

It was right then that Noxia choose to wake up and ask for her parent's attention. Hermione tried to move from her spot, but she felt Severus place a hand on her shoulder to stop her from doing so.

"I'll bring her darling" He told her, putting his robes on.

Hermione got out of bed and pulled her robes on, she plucked the cushions towards her and puffed them up before settling herself. A few minutes later he came back through the door with a crying Noxia in his arms.

"Come here my love. I know, come see mommy." She told her child, extending the arms towards her and taking her from Severus' arms.

"I just changed her before bringing her here." Severus informed her smiling at the picture in front of him.

As she fed her daughter, Severus walked towards the far end from the bedroom. He opened a disk turner and placed a disk inside it. Immediately, a soft jazz tune filled the room. Hermione looked up at Severus, her eyes filling with tears.

Song: This is a man's world by James Brown

This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the trains to carry heavy loads
Man made electric light to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water, like Noah made the ark

This is a man's, a man's, a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

Man thinks about a little baby girls and a baby boys
Man makes then happy 'cause man makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything he can
You know that man makes money to buy from other man

This is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness

He was now sitting next to her in the bed, his lips a few millimeters away from her own.

"He's lost in bitterness…" He said, in echo to James Brown's voice which stopped singing a few seconds ago, before leaning in more and giving her a kiss that left her lips tingling.

"I don't know what I would do without you my darlings" He told the both of them, placing a light kiss on his daughter's forehead.

"We're going to fight this… I want to begin now. We have to do this when I still have some magic in me." She told him, stroking Noxia's skin in the process.

"Herms, I love you so much. Of course, we'll start straight away. We just have to ask Wilky to take care of Noxia while we try and cure you. You're so brave my wonderful wife, you have absolutely no idea how much I care for you…" He told her, taking her face in his hands and kissing her softly on the lips.

They called for Wilky and a few seconds later, the small elf came in through the door and took Noxia from Hermione's arms.

"Alright, now, I think the best way to do this is to try and fight him off, while preventing him from going into another part of your mind where he still hasn't been. The most important is that he doesn't go into the core of your mind. If he does that, all hopes are crushed. But don't worry, I will not let him come for you so easily." Severus explained to her.

"But how will you do that love?" Hermione asked, quite puzzled.

"First, we have to find what is keeping him 'alive' What is preventing his soul from going with his body. Once we found that out, we need to, either destroy what is preventing him from leaving the living realm, or if we can't contain the leftover soul in a soul jar. In both cases, we'll have to fight him again. Either to definitely kill his soul, or to force his soul into the jar." Severus explained looking at her in the dead of the eyes.

"I can do this. With what do we start?"

"I have to use Legillimency on you to try and get into your mind. Once I've done that, I will need you to concentrate on me and guide me to your subconscious. Don't worry, you'll understand once I use Legillimency. For know, make yourself comfortable and brace yourself."

"What if it hurts?"

"If it hurts, we'll find another solution to access your subconscious. Don't think about that for now love. Just relax and guide me." He said, placing his hands on her temples.

Darkness was surrounding him. He wasn't in the usual library.

"Hermione, it's me, Severus. If you can hear me, please, could you make my surroundings brighter?"

He saw an otter appear next to him and the darkness was now replaced with a soft shimmering light. He was standing in the library he had already been twice in.

"Thank you, love. Now, I want you to focus onto the day of our wedding and focus on the most details you can." He told her softly.

The small otter soared in mid air onto his left. He followed it until he arrived onto a bridge made out flowers and gems of all colors.

"Perfect, I have found the way to your unconscious. I am going to ward it off, so if Voldemort tries to get in, we might manage to stop him for a little time." He said, taking his wand out of his cloak.

After ten minutes of warding, he went back on his steps and exited her mind with the upmost care as not to hurt her.

"Hey, well done love, you lead me perfectly into your subconscious. Now, we just have to wait a little. I don't want to exhaust you too much. Rest a little. I'll stay right there by your side my angel."

She smiled a little at him before closing her eyes and drifting to sleep. As he looked at her, tears began to swell into his eyes. Never had he imagine that one day he would have someday, someone who loved him so much. He knew how lucky he was to have a woman like Hermione by his side. She had been the one to save him when Nagini had bitten him, she had gave him a beautiful daughter and now she needed him, and he would be there for her.

"Sleep well my darling." He finally said, circling her petite frame inside him.