Hi everyone,
So if you've read Conversations, you'll know that Draco and Hermione ended up getting married and he gave her an amazing engagement ring, which Ginny estimated at 30,000 Galleons (rough Sterling price £150,000 based on JK Rowling's assessment that a Galleon is equal to £5).
I'm sure you'll have wondered what it looked like. This is the ring I based it on. Isn't it absolutely gorgeous?
So now for the details regarding this remarkable ring (that I would dearly love to own but could never afford in a million years and, sadly, am never going to have a beau with enough money to buy it for me. However, if I ever win big on the lottery it is mine!)
It's a 5.92ct emerald cut Columbian emerald with 12 baguette diamonds, 6 tapered emeralds and 8 carre diamonds, set in platinum. It is made by the fabulous jewellery designer, Martin Katz and, unsurprisingly, doesn't have a price (hence my guess) — go and check out the rest of his exquisite work and drool at the beautiful pieces he makes (there are earrings that match this ring, too, which I obviously want just as much as the ring).
After doing a search for comparable jewellery, I thought I'd got the price about right when you take into account that it's a real statement piece from an amazing designer, but then I found a couple of his pieces on other sites and they were way more expensive - between $300-700K, so it may well be that Hermione's ring is worth far more than Ginny thought it was.
Only Draco knows it's true worth, and maybe that's a good thing!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story, and that you're all keeping well and social distancing without too much problem — at least you have plenty of fanfic to keep you going. Please check out my other stories if you haven't already done so, or revisit old favourites.
Most of all keep yourselves safe!
Until next time,
Dx
Hi everyone,
With Christmas almost here it's time for me to post chapter one of the first of two festive stories I've written for this year. Now, you all know that I'm an absolute sucker for a Christmas love story, especially between Draco and Hermione.
The first story is called The Recluse.
It will be posted daily over the next week - hence moving the story along in time with the date (i.e. the Christmas Day chapter will be posted on Christmas Day).
I created an image for the story, which gives hints as to what it's about. I'm not usually very good at these things but I think I've done a fairly good job with this one.
The synopsis is as follows:
The second wizarding war has been over for more than a decade. Hermione, now working for the Ministry of Magic, is given an assignment that she doesn’t particularly want and is fairly sure she can’t complete, but pride and the need to show her unreasonable boss once and for all how good she is sends her to the last place on earth she wants to go — Malfoy Manor.
This has been written and is posted as a present and a thank you to all the people who have read my stories over the last year.
I was hoping to post on Lumos as well as FFNet and AO3 to get it out to as many places as possible, but I've got a headache tonight and can't cope with sorting out the formatting etc. As there is usually a delay of a few days before it gets approved for posting it would be running late anyway, so I'll add in the links for Lumos once the whole story appears in the listings.
The story is a general romance and contains no lemons. It does contain some swearing, though, so I've rated it as T to be on the safe side.
I hope you enjoy the story, and as ever would appreciate kudos, comments and feedback.
See you tomorrow.
Dx
Good morning everyone,
This is definitely going to be a quick one as I need to get to bed. I have to be up early tomorrow as I'm going away for the weekend (hence the reason for posting early) and I need more than a couple of hours sleep.
This week, Lucius has given Hermione plenty of time to come to terms with his release and now they're going on their first date. Let's hope it goes okay, eh?
Next week is the final part of Family, after eighteen weeks and a timespan of twenty-eight years. Coincidentally, it is also the day I will be putting up my Harry Potter themed Christmas tree.
As always, reviews, comments, kudos etc. are always welcome.
See you next week.
Dx
