The Upper Hand

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction ``of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..."

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..."

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..."

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction ``of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction ``of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

Same as usual summary. :)

same as usual :)

Same as it was the last time! :)

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

"First tell me the person who lives in disguise; who deals in secret and tells naught but lies..." A new take on the mysterious past of Severus Snape: a story of pain, betrayal, mistakes, and a man driven to hatred by love. Severus Snape is about to embark upon his seventh year at Hogwarts when something happens that changes the direction of his life. Forced into decisions that will flip his world upside down, Severus will have to live with consequences that haunt him the rest of his life.

It's mid-October now, and the lives of Severus Snape, the Potters, the Marauders, and Albus Dumbledore are getting tangled together and torn apart in ways that no one could have predicted. Confessions, pleas, Prophecy, and Occlumency all occupy this chapter. Everything is turning upside down, and time is ticking...every moment passed is one moment closer to All Hallow's Eve.