And with a single and sweet kiss on her cheek he said his goodbyes. She felt sad and happy at the same time. Happy because she liked to be around him and sad because she expected him to be at least a bit annoyed by the fact that she was going to have someone else's baby. Guess he was maturing. She quickly appeared herself back at Harry's house.

'What took you so long?' he was exasperated

'Sorry, let's go.'

Harry took Katherine on his arms and the three of them appeared at St Mungo's Hospital. Hermione took care of the situation and offered Harry a stretcher to lay Katherine. She was quiet but conscious. He took her face in his hands and looked at her intensely.

'I love you.'

He wanted to say everything will be ok but could not bring himself to lie. He did not know what was going to happen, but as far as he was concerned she was on the best hands he could think of. Hermione run from one place to the other gathering doctors and staff to take care of Katherine. Soon all the tests were run and she was located in a room to rest until the results came back. Hermione who looked really tired came into the room with two coffees.

'Thought you might need one.'

'Thanks.' He took a brief pause. 'For everything.'

'Friends take care of friends.'

'You do way too much.'

Someone knocked on the door before she could answer.

'Come in.'

Kirtash entered the room with his characteristic feline pace. All dressed in black, he approached Hermione. Concern appeared in his normally unexpressive face, still he did not show it when he spoke.

'How is she?'

'Stable, we run some tests; we are waiting for the results.'

'How are you?'

'Fine, just tired.'

'I see. Do you want me to stay? You can go home and rest.'

'No, no. It won't be long now.'

Without another word he sat on the chair that was closest to her and waited in silence. A few hours went by with no answers while Katherine drifted away on and off. Even Hermione dozed off for a while. Finally a doctor came in to talk to Hermione and she left the room followed by Kirtash's worried eyes. Minutes that seemed like hours passed and finally she came in smiling.

'She is perfect. You can go home now.'

'Thank you!'

Harry took her things and in a matter of seconds they were off. Hermione went to her office followed closely by Kirtash and left her working robe.

'Let's go home.' He said.

'There is something I need to do first.'

'What?'

'I got to call Damon to pick up Anna tomorrow.'

'It is very late, you will wake them up.'

'You are right. Let's go then.'

She appeared them in his New York flat instead of their house in London. For once she could see Kirtash was puzzled.

'New York?'

'I miss this house and all it means to us.'

'You know you can come back anytime you want.'

Back when they were not even dating they used to be flat mates. It always made her smile the way he used to tease her for invading his lair. He and that place had been her safe haven during the darkest of times in her life. She turned on the chimney and sat on the sofa. He soon joined her after picking a champagne bottle from the fridge.

'What is that?'

'Champagne.'

'Are we celebrating something?'

He was not used to drinking, it made him feel out of control and he did not like the sensation. But every once in a while, he let go of his control and allowed himself a brief moment of losing time and space, especially when he was around her. He handed her the glasses while he popped the bottle.

'Us.' he answered in such a low voice that she could not hear it.

'I am pregnant you know?' He looked at her as if saying, I know, I was the one who put the baby in there.

'I'll protect it with magic. Let's enjoy ourselves.'

He sat next to her and poured the golden liquid on to the glasses. They cheered and drank the whole glass in one sitting.

'You know I will have to leave eventually.'

'What do you mean?'

'To Japan, to investigate.'

She knew the time would come but she did not want to think much about it. She hated the long periods of time when he was absent of her life.

'Can we not do this tonight? I don't want to get sad.'

'Ok.'

He knew how hard it was for her to let him go. But he had to, for his family.

'I might have to go and visit Jack too.'

'What? NO!'

'Hermione I need to talk to him about this.'

'No, no, no and no Kirtash. You promised me.'

'This is not something I want to do.'

'Tell Jack to come here. Ask Alma, I don't care! You are not going back there.'

'Calm down. I'll be careful.'

'Just like last time careful?'

His face was the reflection of pure pain and fear at the mention of last time he had been in Idhún. The scars still marked his body as a reminder. Still he got closer to her trying to look calm.

'I want Jack's perspective on this, plus I need to see my daughter.'

'Since when do you take Jack's perspective as important?'

She was avoiding the real reason of his visit to his planet.

'Since he knows what is going on back there.'

'It doesn't matter what I say Kir, you will do your thing anyway.'

She gulped her second glass of champagne and stood up to go to the toilet. She closed the door behind her and cried. She cried because she was scared, she cried because no matter what she did, the safe life she wanted for her family seemed unattainable. She felt defeated, evil had won the battle and she knew it. He heard her cry at the other end of the door. She was tired he knew that much, hormones were taking a toll on her. But still there were things he had to do for her safety and the baby's. He went back to the sofa and contemplated the fire and its power. When he heard the bathroom door open he kept quiet. She opened the master bedroom and put on her PJs, she did not want his company tonight and he respected her decision. He finished the whole bottle and stayed up all night thinking.