Chapter Forty-Eight: Reality Check

She never realized how much Harry had lost until she saw his parents' graves that Christmas evening.

It was a major reality check and even now she appreciated him more than before. She watched him as he continued to stare at his loved ones in silence. He seemed to be unreal…

Unreal in his strength and compassion…

She knew that she loved him in the capacity that he did her but even then she knew that he would never have his parents throughout the most important events of his life…

Like marriage…

And the birth of his – um, their – children…