Thank you! M glad you liked this chapter since it's one of my favorites for this series. I loved writing Lucius! He's such a twisted bastard but in his own way he still loved his son, which is why he lashed out so hard :)

And yup H/D getting together is still a long ways off. After all, I have to make it believable! lol :) Let me know what you thought if you've caught up with the recent chapter. Hopefully, I'll get an update out this friday!