Severus set down the bottle of firewhiskey.

"Yes, but you left me for him—for your career."

"He's a good man, and Harry has helped me very much. I've my own lab now, to creat cures to lycanthropy and other diseases."

"So, I wasn't ambitious enough for you, then?"

"You could have been anything you wanted! Haven't you ever wanted to be a part of something special?" Hermione snapped.

"I was a part of something special."

She walked to the door.

"For what it's worth, I never stopped loving you, Severus."

"Yes," he said, "but it wasn't enough, was it?"