Draco knew when Harry woke, feeling the change in his breathing, but didn't encourage it. He'd been enjoying watching his lover peacefully sleeping and didn't want see it end just yet. A smile began to split his face as he watch Harry puzzle out the situation and then watched the blush creeping up his cheeks as he realised they were laying together…naked.

Harry slowly woke to the feeling of a very firm chest below him and strong arms surrounding him. It took him a moment to remember why he was naked and then he pushed himself up so he could look into the beautiful grey eyes of his lover and smile shyly. "Um, morning. Did you sleep well?"

Draco's laughter filled the room as he kissed Harry's head, "Yes love, I slept quite well. You?"

Harry laughed and buried his face against Draco's shoulder. He didn't think he could be any happier than he was right now, but then again, he didn't know what awaited him.

"Well, let's get up and get moving Birthday Boy. I have a big day planned for you."

Harry groaned wrapped himself around Draco, "Nope. Not getting up. My Birthday, my decision. We're staying here all day."

Draco figured this might happened and countered, "Well, I guess we could do that, but you might remember, we have the Weasley clan keyed into the wards and do you really think Molly's going to stay away? I mean, I don't mind spending the day fulfilling every single one of your fantasies, but I hope Molly seeing me ravage you isn't one of them."

"Oh shite, I forgot about that. Alright, let's get going." Harry got up and padded to the bathroom, forgetting about his nakedness until he heard the wolf whistle coming from the blonde in his bed. He wiggled his arse and then closed the bathroom door.

Dressed and ready, the boys slowly made their way to the kitchen for some breakfast – stopping for the occasional kiss or caress, only to find Severus – enjoying his morning tea -waiting for them.

"Gentlemen." The boys dropping their joined hands, suddenly feeling as though they were back in school. "I know you have plans for Harry today, Draco, but I believe there are a few things we need to discuss first. Why don't you have a seat and some tea, and we'll talk."

The boys sat opposite their guardian and Harry suddenly was very worried. "Professor, I mean…um…Severus, is there something wrong? Did something happen?"

Severus waited until Draco finished serving Harry's tea and then cleared his throat, "Well, there's nothing wrong per se, but there might be a little crimp in our previous assumptions about your relationship and its limitations."

Draco could see Harry bordering on panic so he stepped in, "Severus, would you please just explain what's going on and get it over with. Neither of us is in the mood for cryptic today. I have a list of things I plan on doing today with and for Harry – given it's his birthday and all – and I'd like to get to them."

"Ever the pragmatist, Draco," Severus said putting his tea down and smiling. "Fine, given your consummation of your relationship," smirking at Harry's gasp and Draco's blush, "there is a new facet we need to discuss. It would seem that in – joining – you have formed a bond beyond just the your magic. It would seem that your bond is one of soul mates and that's why each of your magic is half of a whole. I would venture to say that, if investigated, we would find your past selves – lives if you will – were also entangled in the same way. That's often what happens."

Draco smiled as he took Harry's hand in his and said, "Well, love freely given, is the most powerful magic. So I suppose it would make sense that two powerful wizards, whose magic already recognises what they couldn't or wouldn't, would likely be in that situation. I just wonder what that means for our relationship."

"It means, that no matter what else happens, you will always find your happiness in each other and your destinies will always be tied together. Now as to whether you will always be a couple, well that is up to you both."

Harry was listening to Draco and Severus talk as though he was wasn't there while he plodded through the information and evaluated his feelings. Finally, he quietly said, "I believe I need a few moments to myself. Please excuse me." Harry rose, leaving Draco's hand hanging in the air as he let go, and walked into the garden.

"Let him go Draco. He's processing all this and will be back. So tell me, how are you getting him to the castle?"

Harry wandered through the gardens thinking about his feelings for Draco since their first meeting. He wandered through his memories as though he was watching a film and looked at each situation like he wasn't involved. It only took minutes for him to see that Severus was right. From the first meeting, they were bound to be together, in one fashion or another, and that they made the conscious choice to have a romantic relationship.

'Okay Harry, so now what do you want to do about this?' he asked himself.

He stopped a picked a newly blooming rose from the hedge and smiled, 'I'm going to accept this and do whatever I can to make sure I don't fuck it up.'

He turned and headed back to the house with a new determination. He really wanted to ask Severus some questions about the bond itself and its potential and to make sure Draco understood he was happy about this connection.

When he arrived in the kitchen, he found it deserted and wondered where the Slytherins had gotten to. He checked the basement, Study, Family Room, Living Room and both loos on the floor finding them all empty. When he walked into the Library, his blood ran cold and his pulse began to race.

Severus lay in a heap on the floor and Draco was nowhere to be seen. Harry raced to Severus's side and fell to the ground, "Severus, are you all right? Where's Draco? Severus?"

Severus heard a faraway voice calling him and slowly made his way toward it. When he finally opened his eyes, he realised he was on the floor and the voice he'd heard was Harry's.

"Severus, wake the hell up and tell me where my boyfriend is, Damnit!"

"I don't know where he is. Now help me up to the couch," Severus said, holding his hand out for support. Once seated, he began to feel around his head for the knot he knew was there and eyed Harry's questioning face. "We were discussing the value of your bond and how it could be a benefit beyond the emotional aspects when we walked in here and," Severus paused and drew a deep breath through his teeth as he found the spot he'd been hit.

Harry immediately placed his hand on the spot, removing Severus' and felt the area, gently. "No bleeding," he said checking his fingers. "Why would someone hit you when they could simply stun you?"

"I don't know and I didn't have time to ask, Potter. Now as to Draco, I don't have a clue where he is. The last I remember was him yelling for me and pointing behind me. Then you were bending over me and demanding answers I don't have."

Harry walked to the floo and called for Poppy to come and check Severus over. Molly and Narcissa arrived with her and Harry had to explain what had happened to the trio. The women all oohed and awed over the bond and Narcissa quietly said, "I knew it. I just knew when I saw the two together."

"Ladies, need I remind you that there is something more pressing we need to address," Severus said annoyed at Poppy's prodding of his head.

"Harry dear, where were you when this happened?"

"Well, I was walking in the garden, using the meditative thought you taught me Molly, to objectively look at the situation, before I panicked or overreacted. I was only gone," Severus interrupted Harry, "Twenty minutes," and Harry's eyes widened, "Really? It certainly didn't feel that long. Anyway, I wasn't gone that long and when I returned," pointing at Severus with one hand, as he rubbed his neck absently with the other, "this is what I found."

"And no trace of my son?" Narcissa asked worriedly.

Harry walked to the woman he'd come to think of as his second mother, and embraced her, "No, I haven't been able to find him." I cast a locate spell while waiting for you all and he's not in the house or on the grounds."

"Whoever did this, had to be able to get through the wards. So that limits the suspects considerably."

"Severus is right," Molly said, "There aren't many of us are there?"

Narcissa, with Harry firmly tucked at her side, shook her head, "There are no former allies of my deceased husband still allowed through, and there are not any elves employed who would ever do anything that would harm Draco. They all love him dearly. Those loyal to Lucius were all released and given their freedom."

"Did any survive that?"

Narcissa shook her head sadly, "No Severus, they all chose to end their lives than live with that shame."

"Then you should allow me to check the scene over and see what I can find," Remus said as he walked out of the floo.

Narcissa smiled and looked lovingly at the tall man, "Darling, there was no evidence left behind. Not even the item used to harm Severus. But thank you for the offer."

"Cissa love," Remus said, kneeling in front of her and tapping his nose, "I have other ways to search. But with all of you here, the scents are too clouded to distinguish anything out of place." He helped Narcissa, who refused to release Harry, whose panic was beginning to set in, "Why don't you head back to the castle and fill everyone else in. I'll check around here and follow you shortly."

Narcissa leaned up and kissed him softly, "Soon, please. They may come back. Be careful."

Poppy and Molly helped Severus to his feet and they all made their way through the floo to Hogwarts to patiently wait for news.

Remus strolled around the room as the scents dissipated and he carefully evaluated the scene. His association with Aurors helped him at times like these as he knew just what to look for.

He was able to use his enhanced senses to track the predator from the French doors to the floo and then to the false library wall, before finding himself drawn to the left of the door, right behind the open portal, hidden from view by the door itself. This is where the female had waited. Whoever she was, Remus didn't recognise the scent, she knew her way around the room quite well and was obviously someone the Malfoy's knew and had forgotten to remove from the wards.

Draco woke in a dark room and found himself bound at the hand and ankles, unable to move. He couldn't sense anyone else in the room but didn't know so he pretended to still be unconscious so he could listen for any hint of where he was. He hoped to be able to figure out a way to escape, but given how tight the bindings were, he doubted he'd be able to get away.

"Draco, I know you're awake. You always were a shitty liar. Open those beautiful eyes of yours and join the party."

'I know that voice,' he thought as he opened his eyes. "MILLIE! What in the hell are you doing?"

"Taking what's mine and enjoying it. Did you really think I would let you get away with it? I mean, sure you told Pansy you're gay, but who could blame you. I mean really. Like she would ever be a match for you."

"Millie, I don't know what you're talking about, but I can assure you, I am gay and I wasn't lying to her."

"Draco, he told me I could have you. All I had to do was get you here and you'd be mine. There's no use fighting it. You were promised to me."

"Millie, what in the bloody hell are you talking about?"

"Fenrir, he told me if I could get you here, then I could have you. I got you here just like he asked and so you are mine."

"Millie, Greyback is crazy and I will never be yours. Now let me out of these restraints and we can talk about this."

"I don't think so Cub." Fenrir strode into the room smiling at Millie and said, "When I make a promise, I keep it. I told my little pet here that she could have you. And once I kill Potter, she can play with you to her heart's content, but until then," he turned to Millicent, "until then dear, you must leave him be. I need him whole and focused to get Potter here."

"Yes sir." Millicent smiled and waved at Draco as she left the room.

"Now that we are alone Cub, why don't you tell me how Potter manages to live after my little hellion cut him."

"Because he's Harry and he will always win you arse. And for the last time, I'm not your Cub."

"You father was my dearest friend and he made me a promise. If the Dark Lord ever fell – permanently – the Malfoys would follow me and you would be mine to do with as I want. Now while I have no interest in you as a toy, unlike the Dark Lord, I do see the power you have and wish you as my second."

"What about Ginny Weasley?"

"She's my spouse not my equal. She could never be my second in command. My pack would never follow a woman the way they do me." He released the restraints holding Draco and the blonde sat up, taking in his surroundings.

He was sitting on a platform of sorts, which was cushioned so as not to hurt him. The room had no windows and only one door in the stone façade. It was small, cold and not well lit, but he could make out chains and shackles on the wall and what appeared to be a sword mounted to the wall.

"Where am I?"

"My den. The pack brought me back here to heal but I have another place for that stocked with plenty of food and was able to heal there. Potter will die for what he's done and you might as well get used to it. I didn't tell Millicent that he's your lover as I didn't want her hurting you quite yet, but make no mistake, she will be your future and he will be your past."

Draco found his legs slightly weak as he stood beside the platform, "Your insanity knows no bounds, does it. Harry is my past, present and future and will not only find me but will kill you and that insane redhead you call a wife."

Greyback drew his hand and backhanded Draco across the face, throwing him into the wall. "I had hoped not to have to do this, but you leave me little choice." He opened the door and called to one of the guards waiting outside, "Take him away and make him reconsider his choice."

Millicent, who was patiently waiting to have her turn with Draco, screamed and ran toward him as he was dragged out of the room. "Give him to me, he's mine."

Greyback pushed her away and watched as she fell to the floor before Ginny, "Get her out of here. Draco needs to be taught a lesson in manners. Ginny, explain to this bint just how things work around here."

Greyback walked away leaving a crying Millicent to be dealt with by Ginny. She had heard his discussion with Draco about her place in the pack, and though she knew he believed it, she didn't think he knew just how quickly things were changing around him.

Keeping Harry away from the Great Hall, where the women had set up an amazing party for his birthday, Narcissa led Harry toward Remus' chamber to await news. She continued a long train of chatter to keep Harry from crawling into himself, but it wasn't working. She was getting concerned that he Harry hadn't said a word since they had left the Manor.

"Harry would you like some tea and biscuits?" she asked as he slowly sank onto the nearest couch.

Dobby popped in with a tray laden with tea, biscuits, jam and pastries. "Please, Mister Harry Potter, sir, please eat what Dobby has brought."

Harry's head went up minutely and he focused on the elf, "Thank you Dobby." Harry's voice was whisper quiet but Narcissa took it as a good sign that he had answered, though he didn't reach for anything.

Remus walked in followed by Severus and Molly and sat next to Harry, smiling at Narcissa. He put his arm around the boy, who allowed the action and snuggled into his side. "Pup, he's going to be fine. I didn't smell any blood in the room nor anything to lead me to believe he's been hurt."

Harry shook slightly as he allowed the tension to leave his body and silent tears of thanks flowed down his cheeks.

The room stayed quiet as Harry gained control of himself and when he finally relaxed, he looked at Remus and smiled, "Thank you for trying. I appreciate the effort. I think we need to figure out who got through the wards and go from there."

"I'm not entirely done yet Pup," Remus said smiling as Harry tried to gain control again. "The person who was in the room was a woman and she was the only one. She must have taken Draco from the room under his own power because there was no sign of anyone else in the room."

"A woman?" Harry asked. "Who in the hell could it have been? Ginny's not allowed access."

"Harry, I wonder if I may be of some help," Severus said. "I believe Draco left some of his school friends keyed into the wards so they would have a place to go if needed. We didn't talk about whom, but it may be a place to start."

"So we need to start making a list of who's actually allowed in." Harry went to the desk and removed some parchment and grabbed a self inking quill. He sat back down next to Remus, needing the strength that seemed to roll off the Werewolf in moments of crisis, and looked to Narcissa. "Cissa, who would Draco feel close enough to allow them unrestricted access?"

Without hesitation, she began, "There were only a few and all were Slytherin until recently; Pansy, of course, the Greengrass girls, Millicent, and that lovely Lovegood girl."

"Luna?" Harry asked, surprised that Draco would be talking with Luna, since he showed only hatred for her at school.

"Yes, dear. She's quite the seer and loved to spend time with Draco in the gardens. He enjoyed helping her learn to control her abilities as much as I did. She was always more than people thought she was."

"Okay, so I know it's not Luna, she would never do anything to hurt someone else. I don't know the others."

"Well, I doubt it would be the Greengrass girls," Severus added. "They went into hiding with their parents just after the battle. They were both promised to Death Eaters who survived and their parents didn't want to have to honour the contracts."

"So that leaves Pansy and Millicent. Does anyone know where they are now?"

No one spoke up, so it was decided that they were the two to focus on. Severus excused himself to see if Minerva knew anything about the girls' whereabouts and also to check into an idea he had about finding Draco. He didn't want to say anything until he could find out if it would work, 'No sense getting his hopes up' he thought as he walked through the castle.

Molly continued to fuss over Harry trying to get him to eat something while everyone else speculated on ways to try and track the girls. Various ideas were tossed about from fire calling their houses to sending portkey enchanted parchments to them and hoping they could get some answers.

Harry's brain was working a mile and minute, so when the owl came tapping on the window, he didn't even hear it. Nor did he hear Remus letting it in or Narcissa asking who it note was from. What he did hear, was Remus saying "It's addressed to Harry and it smells like Draco."

Harry was across the room before the sound of Remus' words had died, taking the parchment and tearing it open. He quietly read and everyone watched as his face went from desperation to confusion to outright rage. That's when Narcissa finally spoke, "Harry, who has him?"

"Greyback. He is demanding I turn myself over to him or he will kill Draco. Nothing to original there."

"Then why do you look like you are ready to tear this room apart?" Molly asked.

"Because he used Draco's blood to sign it."

Narcissa fainted, and Remus just made it to her side before she hit the ground. He gently lifted her to the couch and sat beside her until she woke.

"She's okay Harry, what does it say?"

Harry read:

Harry –

I have something I think you want back. Don't worry, he's unmolested as yet. I can't promise it will remain that way as there is someone who wants him very much.

I ask only one simple thing from you to get him back. I ask that you present yourself to me tonight. Wait outside the gates of Hogwarts at sundown and you will be collected.

If you aren't there, I will take Draco in trade and enjoy my night. Your call.

Fenrir Greyback

Oh, and Ginny wished me to convey her vote. She suggests the family NOT rebuild on the same site. She doubts the family will find any peace there now.

Molly sat down hard on the chair next to Harry and quietly wept. "How did she know about our visit to the site?"

"Molly, I'm betting she was in the forest. It would be easy for her to hide and watch. She knows you and knows you would come back. She's lost to them but she's still a Weasley, which means she's smart and a little sneaky." Harry patted her back as he said this and then looked to the couch where Narcissa was just waking. She was sitting up as Harry said, "I'm going to meet him and get Draco back. I will not sacrifice another person in this, not when I can stop it. I'll go and get Draco back. Once he's okay, it won't matter anymore."

He walked through the room and straight out the door before anyone had time to try and stop him. He knew he had hours until sunset but he needed to see the area to get his plan together. He would not allow Greyback to harm a single hair on Draco's head.