It's short, but the previous chapter was pretty long for me. Enjoy and thanks for reading!

Epilogue

"Our mothers aren't happy," Hermione commented as they strolled along an Australian beach.

Draco looked down at his daughter, who buried her face in her father's shirt as the wind whipped up around them. "Well, sure. All those months of wedding planning and we elope," he replied. "I think the only people happy about that are us."

They had left under the guise of a family vacation for Jude's first birthday. Narcissa and Helen had been unhappy about that as well. That they would miss their granddaughter's first birthday had the women nearly apoplectic. Only Adrian knew the true purpose of their trip.

"Imagine the wrath we'll face when we return home," she said, staring at the ocean.

Holding Jude with one arm, he took hold of his wife's hand. "Hey, no thinking about that," he instructed. "We're on our honeymoon, we have a happy, healthy little girl, and we love each other. Nothing else matters."

Nodding resolutely, she smiled. "You're right," she agreed. "This is all that matters."

The End