Sirius was happy to finally be released. It had been a week since he was moved. He was warned he could not return to work for a month if not more. But he would. He received a pardon. He would return to being an auror. He would marry Remus. And they would help Harry to heal. Life would get back to normal. Better then normal. He had not had a chance at normal thanks to prison. He had been in school when the war started. But things would change. He would have it all. He knew Harry was at risk. But he was an auror. He would find a way to get Albus arrested. Or he would look at work in another country. He knew Remus would agree. Harry could do school else where. There were plenty of other wizarding schools. And perhaps it would help Harry heal better. He knew how Harry's friends had acted lately. He had enough money. They could easily slip away and start a new life. He would do anything for his cub. Harry was James' son. He had sworn he would protect Harry. James was his brother in all but blood. He would do the best he could to be the father that James would have been. Harry deserved that.

He had gone home first. He wanted to make certain there was a room ready for Harry. Remus promised to go with him for their son. Kreacher was in a bad mood. But what was new there. He knew the prospect of having a half blood and a werewolf living in the house. But he would just have to live with it. He was lord here. He wondered where Remus was. He would go without him if he did not arrive soon. But he shook away the thought. He needed Remus to get him into the house. He also knew they both should be there to take his cub back home.

He was pacing back and forth through the house. He was making a round of the sitting room when Remus finally came into the house. Remus was looking really pale. But he brushed it off as being three days from the full moon. He knew Moony well enough by now. But he should have looked happier about today though.

Sirius looked at him. "Where have you been? I have wanted to go get Harry for hours now. We need to bring out cub home."

Remus shook his head. "Sit down Padfoot. There is something we need to talk about. We can not bring Harry home."

Sirius looked at him. Surely his fiancé was playing a cruel joke on him. Harry was going to be home with them. He expected Remus to start laughing now. He did not think this was a nice joke. And he was not find of the timing either. But Remus was not laughing. And the fact that he was so pale hit home. Remus tried to get him to sit. But he would not. He wanted to know what was going on. He had believed that their cub was safe. He should never have trusted Severus.

Remus tried to stop him leaving. "Harry is not at Spinner's End any more. It was too much for him. Harry has been taken home by Lucius."

Sirius turned on him. "I knew we could not trust that snake. I know Severus had been your friend for years but I knew we could not trust him. I knew it."

He was going to and find him. He did not care if he was at school. He would rip the man apart. He would make the man pay for doing this. He had tricked them. He had used his friendship with Remus. He had convinced his old friend to trust him. Sirius did not blame Remus. His fiancé had too good of a heart. He trusted people. He had trusted an old friend. Remus tried to stop him. He was pleading. He reminded Sirius he did not want to end up back in prison again. Or Albus might hear and he would know that Harry was alive and he would be at risk again.

Sirius shook his head. "I will not kill him. And I won't let on to Albus. But I will be getting my cub back. That bastard will pay for stealing our son."

Remus grabbed him. "I helped him. Damn it Sirius I helped him. I gave Harry back to Lucius."

Sirius turned to look at him. This could not be true. Surely Remus was trying to protect his friend from being torn apart. Or he was under the imperius curse. Something. Remus would not have done this. He would not have handed Harry over to slavery. He would not have done this to their cub. Or to them. But he could see that Remus was telling the truth. And the guilt in his face clearly told him that he had not been innocent in this.

He wanted to punch his own fiancé. "How could you do this? How could you hand our son over to slavery? You have betrayed me. You have betrayed him, James."

Remus was close to tears. "I have not betrayed them. Harry was being tortured kept from him. I love my cub. I just could not see him like that. I couldn't."

He had to listen. Remus could not lose Sirius. He had waited so long for him. He had waited for him when he was in prison. He wanted a life with the man. He wanted it more then anything. He could have moved on when Sirius was in prison. No one would have blamed him. Not even Sirius. But he had stayed faithful. He did not want to lose Sirius. He loved both him and their son. But he had to protect his son. He had done what he had known was best. He prayed Sirius could understand that.

Sirius pointed at the door. "Get the hell out. I will get my son back. And I will take care of him. He will not be given into slavery again. Get the hell out."

Remus turned to leave."I love you. I waited for over a decade while you were in prison. I waited. But he is my cub and I had to make it better for him. I had to."

With that Remus left the house but not before leaving his ring on the front hall table. He didn't want to leave. He loved Sirius. But he could not be there. Sirius would not stop. He would try and get Harry. Remus could not be with him like. As much as it killed him he knew this was for the best. He headed for school having no where else to go. He would be teaching in the fall. Or h had let Albus believe. He had apartments there. He had taught the last term. But he ended up instead at Severus' door

When the other man opened the door he sighed. "Is the offer of a bed still good?"