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Chapter 13 Valentine Encounter by Kyra4 

He prided himself on his honesty, as un-Slytherin a trait as that was- and yet he had been deliberately fooling himself for months- in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt at self-preservation. But the truth was, he didn’t only want her. He had never only wanted her, he saw now, in a sudden, sickening flash of clarity. He loved her. God help him, he loved this girl. He was sworn to destroy her and all her kind…and he loved her so much it tore him up inside, loved her in a way that he had never, dutiful husband though he had been, loved his wife.