The Key to Byzantium - VII

Here's the final version of part VII - a lot of small changes since yesterday so I'm reposting it here. All of the earlier parts are archived at various sites including Twisting The Hellmouth, Fanfiction.net, Fonts of Wisdom, Gateworld, etc. The two that give best support to multiple chapters are TTH and FF.Net

http://www.tthfanfic.com/story.php?no=5220
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2063039/1/

First drafts are in my livejournal, but omit numerous changes that are in the archived versions.

I should have posted this much earlier but I accidentally flooded the kitchen and had to deal with that first.

( The Key to Byzantium - VI )