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Chapter 11: Truce?

"The absolute gall" Narcissa yelled. Lucius looked up from the document he wanted to sign and saw that his ardent wife had stormed in with a look that could kill anyone in a 5-kilometre radius.

"Mr. Tennison; we'll continue later" Lucius said to his administrative clerk upon which the man had bowed and exited as soon as possible.

"Narcissa, dear what is going on?" she softly asked his wife, in an unfruitful attempt to calm her because she looked furious. She walked over to his desk and threw the envelope right in front of him, Lucius grabbed it and started to read, and he understood why his wife was so angry because as he read on, he was starting to get upset himself.

Dearest Cissy,

I spoke to Andrew about the incident in detail and he said that there had been a misunderstanding.

He says that Mara has been flirting since he came to Astella and was giving him mixed signals. He explained that the two of them were often discussing books in the library after Draco had gone to bed to which she had no objection to.

I wonder why a married woman would think it would a good idea to seek the companion of someone other than her husband that often, but I do not wish to judge.

It is obvious to me Andrew was misled into thinking there was more between Mara and Andrew acted upon this feeling. Yes, maybe it was wrong of him to do, and he feels horrible now, because he is fond of Draco, but he is still quite young and should be able to learn from his mistakes.

Furthermore, he states he was very drunk that night and it must have clouded his judgment. Let us just call this an unfortunate incident, dearest sister because there was no harm and no foul.

If you think about it. In a way, he was trying to help. You do know that one of the requirements for this deal to work is that Draco fulfils his marital obligations? It is clear to even to an outsider like me that his relationship with Mara is very, very strained. I therefore think it would be wise if-.

Lucius stared angrily at the letter and laid it down and then glanced up at his wife. Narcissa seemed to be a bit calmer now although it was clear to him that she was still in a bad mood.

"Andrew is no longer allowed to visit and the same goes for that snake of a sister of mine, although I doubt, she has the guts to show her face again soon. She waits two weeks to write a response to my letter and comes up with this drivel", Narcissa spewed.

"Sit down darling" he said and Narcissa took place across of him with a sigh and shook her head and brought her fingers to her face to rub over her temple.

"What a mess, Lucius... How are we going to get out ourselves of this? It is our fault you know, we should have interfered more with their relationship, try to help them and now she is gone. You can hide things from me, dear, but that does not mean I don't have sources inside and outside the castle. Our citizens know that our daughter-in-law has left suddenly and there are rumours of a separation. They are already speculating about the possibility of going to war with Leidal again. I can't... I don't want our people to suffer, Lucius and I don't want to think about sending our sons to- " Narcissa didn't finish her sentence and suddenly started crying.

Lucius got up but before he could reach her, she had thrown herself at him, embracing him firmly. "It's going to be all right, darling," he whispered in her ears.

Narcissa released herself from his embrace for a moment.

"How? Do you really think Draco will manage to come back with her? Why would she, Lucius. If I were her, I would never step foot again" and she shook her head pessimistically.