A new normal began to take place in Augustus" house by the sea. With the renewal of the more pleasurable physical aspects of their relationship, there had been another shifting between them. Hermione couldn't explain it exactly. Just that she no longer felt the urge to run off in the middle of the night to continue her fugitive state alone. Her traitorous mind would still allow upsetting thoughts and reminders through from time to time, but it was becoming easier for her to push them aside. She wasn't an idiot. She could feel that their time together was coming to an end.