Dark Devotion

by Cysteine Snape

Starting in book 6 and staying semi-canon compliant, we see what happens when a rookie Auror's attraction to the Dark/dangerous gets involved with a Death Eater double agent while dating a reticent werewolf. Snape/Tonks, some Lupin/Tonks. WARNING: DARK, BDSM, LEMONS AHEAD, NOT A FLUFFY STORY. Co-Authored by wolfinthestars, started in July of 2011.

31. Chapter 31

A/N: SPOV

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Severus had lost consciousness, and he wasn't sure if it was from a concussion, blood loss, or overexerting his magic. He only knew that he had sent off his patronus to the castle and it had went to Hogsmeade instead. Either way, he found rescue and was unable to ask for dittany. It was as if the pain had wired his jaw shut, and wasn't able to speak.

"Who did this?...Are they here?" Nymphadora's first questions were to secure the area and to look for potential threats. He'd have to thank her for keeping a rational head on her shoulders later.

"SEVERUS!..Look at me!" She was forcing his attention onto her, and he liked the way his name sounded on her lips. He could sleep with that sound, he thought. It would be peaceful, so peaceful, to just let it all go. Except for the convulsions of searing pain. He got to keep that.

"Is the castle safe?" Finally, she's getting the idea! He thought, nodding his head to her. I can't talk, so ask yes or no questions, please. He then felt his body being carried up to the castle, then the cool sensation of being disillusioned so that the students wouldn't have to see the horror that had happened to him. He'd definitely have to thank her for consideration for his privacy.

She left him on the bed and went searching for his potions. Thank Salazar for this witch he thought.

She put the vials to his lips, and all he could do was trust her that she got the right ones, and that it wouldn't adversely react to each other. The first one was the pain-killing draught that he had made, and was grateful for, but as he tasted the blood-replenishing potion, he knew he was in trouble.

When dosed in the proper order, he would be recovering well. Instead, he realized that he was going to pass out for the next few hours. Apprenticing potioneers as well as healers had to learn about properly sequencing potions, or else you could be liable for 'canned coma', as it was called.

But Severus wasn't worried about not waking back up as much as he was worried about what he had left out before answering his summons. But that thought left his mind as he slipped under the influence of the potions.