Yes indeed, I thought Walden Macnair should be the one to commend our heroine for getting rid of a dangerous beast -- of all the guests present, that line was going to him.Thanks for your comments on the OC -- I couldn't be more pleased that she's believe-in-able. Yay!

Yes indeed, I thought Walden Macnair should be the one to commend our heroine for getting rid of a dangerous beast -- of all the guests present, that line was going to him.Thanks for your comments on the OC -- I couldn't be more pleased that she's believe-in-able. Yay!

Yeah, for some reason people always seem to write Snape like he's fifty or sixty when he's really the same age as Harry's parents for heaven's sake.  He's only 35 in KEC, and that's not even middle-aged -- he's still a young man with a young man's desires and ambitions.Plus I've seen SO many fics that pair Snape with early-twenties and teenage women that I wanted to see him with a woman who is very nearly his own age -- Emily is only a few months younger than he is, even though she looks younger because Faeries are a longer-lived people than humans, and as such their young adulthood is longer.I do love JKR's characterizations and try to keep them in character as much as humanly possible.  Glad you're enjoying it!

Yeah, for some reason people always seem to write Snape like he's fifty or sixty when he's really the same age as Harry's parents for heaven's sake.  He's only 35 in KEC, and that's not even middle-aged -- he's still a young man with a young man's desires and ambitions.Plus I've seen SO many fics that pair Snape with early-twenties and teenage women that I wanted to see him with a woman who is very nearly his own age -- Emily is only a few months younger than he is, even though she looks younger because Faeries are a longer-lived people than humans, and as such their young adulthood is longer.I do love JKR's characterizations and try to keep them in character as much as humanly possible.  Glad you're enjoying it!

You picked up on the Dr. Who reference! Yes, my fictional "Taerdis Leather Goods Company" makes suitcases, satchels, handbags, etc. with more room on the inside than on the outside. I threw that little detail in there just because I travel a lot and would love to have one myself. Preferably in black alligator leather with a green silk interior and a temperature-controlled wine cabinet.But ya know, not that I've thought about this or anything.

You picked up on the Dr. Who reference! Yes, my fictional "Taerdis Leather Goods Company" makes suitcases, satchels, handbags, etc. with more room on the inside than on the outside. I threw that little detail in there just because I travel a lot and would love to have one myself. Preferably in black alligator leather with a green silk interior and a temperature-controlled wine cabinet.But ya know, not that I've thought about this or anything.

Thank you! I'd just read too many fics where Lucius is either a) a totally repulsive sleazeball trying to boff everything female, or b) a Hannibal Lecter-style eyeball-carving psycho, or c) an adoring sex god better endowed than John Holmes.And dammit, I just can't see him as ANY of the above! Besides, if he was an oozing sleaze, Emily would see through him in about one minute, so there wouldn't be all that fun sexual tension percolating between the two of them.Thanks for staying with it!

Thank you! I'd just read too many fics where Lucius is either a) a totally repulsive sleazeball trying to boff everything female, or b) a Hannibal Lecter-style eyeball-carving psycho, or c) an adoring sex god better endowed than John Holmes.And dammit, I just can't see him as ANY of the above! Besides, if he was an oozing sleaze, Emily would see through him in about one minute, so there wouldn't be all that fun sexual tension percolating between the two of them.Thanks for staying with it!

Thank you!  Yes, after I read "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," and saw the entry about Fairies as vain little insects, I started thinking about how the current descendants of Puck, Oberon, and Titania would feel about that...and it kind of went from there.  I'm an absolute nerd for fantasy lit and European folklore, so it was great fun to put as much of it into KEC wherever I could.Thanks for all the reviews!

Thank you!  Yes, after I read "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," and saw the entry about Fairies as vain little insects, I started thinking about how the current descendants of Puck, Oberon, and Titania would feel about that...and it kind of went from there.  I'm an absolute nerd for fantasy lit and European folklore, so it was great fun to put as much of it into KEC wherever I could.Thanks for all the reviews!

Yes, I didn't think Snape would turn into some swingin' bachelor capable of being flirty or cheeky right under Dumbledore's nose; no, I figured he'd be monumentally embarrassed to discover his callbox paramour materializing under his nose at Hogwarts, and upon being confronted with her, to instantly begin to worry about his reputation rather than his romantic life. Thanks for the review!

Yes, I didn't think Snape would turn into some swingin' bachelor capable of being flirty or cheeky right under Dumbledore's nose; no, I figured he'd be monumentally embarrassed to discover his callbox paramour materializing under his nose at Hogwarts, and upon being confronted with her, to instantly begin to worry about his reputation rather than his romantic life. Thanks for the review!

Oh trust me, SS won't be left behind for long. Miss Spelled-With-a-Y and her romantic nemesis are just getting started!I hope you enjoy what's to come -- but no spoilers!

Oh trust me, SS won't be left behind for long. Miss Spelled-With-a-Y and her romantic nemesis are just getting started!I hope you enjoy what's to come -- but no spoilers!

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Thanks so much!  We've got another chapter soon to be validated, and lots more to come!  Thanks for reading!

Thanks so much!  We've got another chapter soon to be validated, and lots more to come!  Thanks for reading!

Thank you! The second half of this chapter with the resolution of the Big Murder Plot Cliffhanger should be up very soon!

Great!!!  I can't wait :)

C'mon, if I spent all my time assuring you that all would be love and sunshine, I'd bore you all to tears!  But never fear, the second half of this chapter is coming right up!

Into everyone's brain, there sometimes comes a little flatulence. Fixed!

Thank you!  I've always though that Draco was a fairly ordinary spoiled brat who turned out the way he did because he picked his parents badly.  This really came to a head when I read HBP, what with his private crying jags in the bathroom when the pressure to commit horrible crimes got to be too much,  Draco strikes me as nothing so much as a kid who happened to be the son of a Nazi war criminal -- sure, he's a corrupt bully, but he's not as bad as they're trying to force him to become.

Anyway, thanks for the review!  There'll be lots more to come in future chapters!

Next chapter is in the queue!  Thanks for staying with it!

Indeed, poor Severus starts out laboring under the illusion that he can trust and confide in the woman he's sleeping with, naive lad that he is. And you're also right in thinking that having the rug yanked out from under him like that might have left him more sensitive than the norm in the face of betrayal (or perceived betrayal) by his lover. Maybe the dressing-down he gave Emily at the Hallowe'en Ball was just a little more vehement than her offense truly deserved... but we'll see what comes of that in future chapters!

Yes, for me much of Lucius's character is about that which he covets, and seeing as how he's had the best of everything the Wizarding world has to offer from before it ever occurred to him to ever want anything, I see him as getting a little obsessive about that which someone else wants more than anything in the world.  (Like Dorien Tumnus's wife, for example.)  The idea that Emily has something that he can never, EVER have, no matter how thoroughly he seduces and debauches her physically... you know that's gotta drive the man crazy.

But Lucius has only begun with the sliminess and manipulations -- I cannot WAIT until you see Part III!