Oh my, where to start? At the beginning, I suppose-thank you for being willing to spoil me a little because as you know I was concerned about reading this. I am glad I did. You spun a marvelous, if graphic, tale. My heart was breaking for Draco and Severus as well as Harry of course. The false-rescue was horrible, because it is always worse once you've had your hopes raised to see them crushed so completely. And I don't know how to explain it, but much of the graphic violence described seemed distant, more the telling of it than living it and that did make it easier to read in places. Although I'm sure Harry has a long road ahead of him, he does have two men who love him to help him heal. Great job, darling.