A/n I am so sorry I have been gone all week but the Mr give me my cold back and I don't like writing with a fuzzy head, heres the next chapter and another will be updated by tonight at the latest :) (GB time)

The buzz of nearly being caught out ran through in boat loads around the group. The female cackled as soon as her feet touched solid ground, grabbed the nearest man to her only for her tongue to roughly assault his mouth –not that he minded of course-.

Adrian however knew more than anyone how much of a close call it all was. He knew deep down he would be caught out eventually but he shoved the thought to the back of his mind he needn't be thinking such a thing at the moment. He laid his beautiful witch on the plastic covered sofa to regain her strength, Hermione had given him such freight back in her apartment and if it wasn't for the knowledge he knew she was useless at extensive wandless magic, he would start to think she was up to no good.

"Leave" He looked over his shoulder to make sure his minions were indeed leaving the room and not lingering nearby. With precise wand movement's he checked her vitals, any charm that may have been attached and looked for any location detector's merlin knew how protective the-boy-whom-refused-to-die was towards Hermione.

Adrian could not risk months' worth of planning for something so small to be missed. Happy nothing untoward was going on without his knowledge he sat back on his heels and watched his witch in her slumber. His heart swelled what had he done to deserve such a witch?

Hermione –although conscience- wasn't aware of her surroundings and her stubbornness grew when she refused to acknowledge how awake she was, instead she chose to close her eyes and keep very still and to listen insead. Pucey had called the guards out only a few moments ago, but one thing grated on the Hermione's nerve. She knew the witch that was present, the Witch that screeched at the apartment but her high pitched voice could not be matched with any faces that ran wild in her memory.

"Hermione, wake up my love I have brought you some food" Groaning her eyes slid open slightly to a rather dishevelled Pucey hovering over herself.
"I can sit up by myself" She slapped his hand away and hoisted her upper half of her body up into a sitting position.

Adrian grabbed her upper arm and pulled her from the sofa up to her full height.
"I can make this a lot worse for you my sweet little witch" Proving her a point he latched his teeth into the delicate skin just below her ear. Hermione pursed her lips together to stop herself from making a sound. Screaming out in pain would only cause his insanity to increase, this she learnt with her incident with Bellatrix. A small shudder ran down her spine at unwanted terrors suddenly resurfacing.

"I'm sorry" She whimpered when he finally let go, his mouth bloody from … her neck.
"It's ok my love, you wasn't to know. Let me heal this for you" With a simple flick of his wand her neck was back to normal. Hermione finally let go of her breathe now the metallic smell had disappeared.

"Sir" An unwelcomed male entered the room after briskly knocking.
"What" Pucey didn't take his eyes off of Hermione to see whom had disrupted the pair.
"I was wondering if I can escort the young Hermione around the grounds" Anger raised in his cold eyes as he snapped his head towards the intruder.

"You have your meeting in half an hour and you have that … thing you must do beforehand" Sighing in defeat he nodded his head and allowed the male to fully enter the room, Hermione got a quick glimpse of him before Pucey moved into her line of sight whispering a few things to the guard.

Why did this male look so familiar? Had she seen him in the newspaper?
"Madame may I escort you around the gardens?" He held out his arm, reluctantly Hermione held onto the male's olive skin.
"Come I must simply show you the Master's rose bush, it is divine" Oh my dear Merlin they were all nuts.

Hermione stayed silent for the most part, but so did the carer. Is that their official title, carer to the kidnapped witch? Looking up to him through her hooded eyes she couldn't help but think they had gone to school together. Was he in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff? He didn't look much older than her if at all.
"I'm on your side" Hermione snapped her head back around and stared blankly at him.

"Do look indifferent Granger; Although the Master does trust me he does have his reservations. Of course he has a few of the other guards watching us right now. Without even looking I can tell you my Wife is sat south east to us by the lake, One Gentleman is in the bush behind us and a few looking from the house windows."

"Do I know you?" Frustration rolled off of her by the galleon.
"You should, I was placed with you in every bloody potion assignment since the beginning of bloody Hogwarts." Her eyes widened as she finally placed together who he was.
"Blaise?" She asked frightened, almost, as if she didn't believe who was standing in front of her.
"The one and only … don't make a big show of it. The Master doesn't like us touching you, or you us as matter of fact."

"Can you …" She let her question fall knowing he was smart enough to figure it out.
"Not here, but we must talk. Meet me in dining room once Pucey has announced his leave. I shall explain a few things on how things are going to go around here" He's eyes hardened and a small growl escaped his mouth at the end of his sentence.

"Is she giving you trouble Zabini?" Blaise snorted, not taking his eyes of her own.
"Nothing I cannot handle by myself, I shall be taking her in now anyway the Master is leaving shortly for his trip and I can only imagine he will love to say goodbye to this" Hermione's gaze fell to the floor when Blaise lead her away by her arm back inside the house.

Somewhere far, far, far away Narcissa Malfoy was levitating low off of the ground, her legs crossed and elbows on her knees. Clearing her mind for what seemed like the thousandth time Cissy tried once again to open up the connection between herself and Hermione, her magic, body and soul was slowly exhausting herself out. They had tried the night before and through to this morning but still they had no luck.

"It isn't working" Cissy cried as her bum came in contract with the floor once again.
"Try again" Ginny Potter bit out in frustration, not at all scared by the blonde haired witch.
"Mrs Potter everyone is tired, including myself I think a small break is in order" Not waiting for her to agree, Lucius helped his wife up off of the floor and escorted her from the room.

Tears ran down Ginny's face when Harry wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"I know Gin, we all want her home but your pushing Narcissa to the brink of exhaustion, and in her own home might I add. Go easy on her will you. How would you feel if it was you that had opened the connection and she was badgering you every minute?" Lowering her head in shame Ginny meekly nodded.

"Now please go apologise darling, she is trying her best … we all are." Taking a deep breath and swallowing her pride Ginny set out to find the Malfoy's.

Lucius held his wife hand as he led her to the kitchen, he remembered when they were a lot younger and she was in need of comfort he would always fetch some chocolate ice cream with two spoons for them both to enjoy. Of course the sweet times lessened when Draco was born and he was very demanding of the sweet goodness.

"Sit down dear" He pulled a chair out for her and Draco to occupy.
"I will find her Draco, rest assured I will my dragon" Lucius looked away from the intimate moment, it wasn't that he couldn't stand them, he just couldn't stand letting his family see his weaknesses was all.

Digging deep into the freezer he pulled three small pots of Ben and Jerrys chocolate fudge brownie ice cream's out and sent them flying to the table so he could retrieve three spoons.
Settling down with his family, he too felt at a loss end without Hermione. She had become the daughter-in-law he was denied, maybe it was the fates way of punishing him for his wrong doings.

Although he personally thought he had made up for his past transgressions when he's wife left their marital bed for Three years after the war. Yes three whole years without somebody to snuggle, kiss goodnight or engage in sexual intercourse. So of course as soon as she allowed herself back into the marital bed he fucked her deep into the mattress for the remainder of the night and following morning, making up for lost time.

"I did it" He was brought out of his musing by his wife screeching in joy.
"I saw her" Narcissa clasped her hands together in joy and ran back into the parlour to alert the others.
"Narcissa I want to apologise …" Cissy screeched to an halt and dragged the Weasley girl with her.
"No time for that now, I saw her, we need to tell Severus"

Severus Snape stayed in the parlour as everyone slowly but surely left the room. Of course he had been alone most of his life but he wanted his Hermione back, he wanted her warmth back into the house, the joy the love. Now there was nothing but sadness, almost as if the house was sulking on him for losing her. Of course he knew she hadn't been harmed … yet. The blood magic did marvellous things when it came to emotions. He recalled such a time when he felt a thing from his young witch.

*** Flashback ***
A small tug of sadness played at Severus's heart and for some strange reason he was hell bent on crying, he tried again to reread the sentence on Lace Fly Wings, Something so simple shouldn't have had trouble setting in, but it did and it annoyed him to no end. Growling he stood from his chair and bookmarked the page. Intent on giving Hermione a good telling of for disrupting his peace he stormed up to her bedroom.

"Hermione, you will do well to open this door right away" Upon request in his own house the door opened automatically.
"Granger" Severus growled, but stopped mid rant as he saw Hermione sat on the floor sorting through what looked like photographs. Her head raised slightly to meet his eyes, tears were streaming down her face and her eyes bloodshot red.

"Come here silly" All anger forgotten as he sat next to her on the floor and wrapped her up in his arms.
"I miss them all so very much Severus, I want the pain to go away" He knew what she meant by pain, it wasn't so much if a physical pain but an emotional pain of losing all her friends.
"It will in time" His arm absentmindedly ran up and down her left arm.

"Did it feel like this when you found lily?" Swallowing a big lump in his throat he nodded. It had taken him years to get over his friends death and even till this day he loved her more than he should have.
"It made it worse when Potter came to Hogwarts looking every bit of his dunderhead Father, but oh, his eyes were definitely Lily's and I guess deep down he does have his Mother's heart but if you dare tell him I will deny everything" A small chuckle erupted from his little witch's mouth which set in motion for his own bout of chuckling.

"You deserve happiness Severus, find a good looking witch, court her … or whatever it is you older blokes do" A smile played gently on his firm lips.
"I have you, I do not need no other witch to look after me, now about looking after me my stomach is grumbling for food, So come on witch downstairs and feed me"

Standing to attention she followed Severus down the stairs into the kitchen. All sadness forgotten for another time.
"This is somewhat child abuse, making me do all the cooking and cleaning" Smirking he passed her the ingredients for cheese omelettes.
"You love it Granger so please do be quiet before I allow Weasley in here" The threat was great enough for her mouth to be tightly shut for the rest of the evening. Ah peace.

*** Flashback End ***

"I saw her Severus" Everyone tumbled back into to the room surprised that Severus was sat in the same position as they had left him.
"Right … well where is she?" A frown almost immediately swapped Cissy's boast of energy.
"I didn't see, I just saw her with … Hang on Draco who was the charming you gentleman you would bring home in the summer, his Mother is a bit of a floozy" Narcissa whispered the last bit to her son.
"Blaise Zabini, was he there Mother?" Draco was slightly surprised as far as he knew Blaise had married Pansy Parkinson after the war and were both working with MOM.

"Yes, he said something to her that made her smile" Slipping back into a trance Cissy tried to recall their conversation but only to get aggravated with her lack of strength.
"Let me darling" Lucius's fingertips gently pressed into his Wife's temples and easily accessed her mind.

"The place is similar … he is on our side but Merlin knows what he is doing there" Lucius was easily allowed to view what Hermione and Blaise was doing and saying as long as Narcissa was able and strong enough to keep the connection going.
"A lovely rose bush, not as good as my Cissy's of course" he felt his wife stroke his fore arms gently in a somewhat of appreciation.

"Why in the name would he be there" Lucius suddenly growled.
"What is it?" Everyone simultaneously asked, Narcissa tried to re look over everything, nothing was worth mentioning so how had noticed Lucius seen something she had missed?

"Cissy stop!, just keep going with the flow don't try re living it all" Obeying, her mind fast forwarded to Hermione's current location of Blaise escorting her back into the Manor.

"I can't see why he should of taken her there, but it is definitely the place" gently pulling from his wife mind he helped her to sit down to recover.
"Where is she my old friend? Where have they taken my little girl?"
"Riddle Manor" Severus frowned along with Lucius; he too had thought the place had been burned to the ground.

"Well .. what are we waiting for?" Ginny Potter screeched out in annoyance to the group.
"Shall we?" Lucius asked holding onto his wife hand, Severus held onto Potter's sleeve and Draco barely touch Weasley's hand.
Draco, Lucius and Severus had been to Riddle Manor before so the three grabbed another who hadn't decreasing the chance of splintering anybody.
"I'm coming baby" and with that, Malfoy Manor was empty once more.