Complicated

Chapter 52: Fears

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F E A R S

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Kathy's POV

Please don't make any sudden moves
you don't know the half of the abuse
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I struggled against Lucius Malfoy's hold as soon as we landed in this dark, cold place. I tried to bite and kick and punch to no avail. He threw me harshly to the ground.

He had his wand at my neck in an instant, before I could even get up. "Look at little Malorie."

"My name is Katherine." I growled back at him.

He ignored my previous remark. "You know, I've been watching you."

I scoffed. "Stalker."

What was supposed to be an insult seemed to amuse him.

He flashed me a crooked toothed smile. "Exactly." I backed slightly away only to have him lean forward. "And I mean, I've been watching you all for months, but you in particular are... fascinating." He trailed his wand by my jawline and I jerked away, but he pulled me close to him again. "You were such an easy target."

"What?" I looked at him incredulously.

"I mean, a simple Imperious curse and your little friend and boyfriend did whatever I wanted."

What?

The Imperious curse?

I stared blankly at him. "Oh, you didn't know?" He laughed maniacally. "Do you think your red haired weasel friend would've seriously laid a hand on you, if I hadn't made him do it?"

No.

That look in his eyes. That blank, icy stare. He was under a curse.

So he genuinely didn't remember. It wasn't him.

It was you.

Lucius.

How could I be so fucking stupid. I should've known Fred would've never hurt me like that, not on purpose.

Lucius Malfoy did.

I tried to push myself up to lunge at him but he grabbed my neck and pressed me to the ground. "And your little boyfriend..." He smacked his lips together. "He was so heartbroken when you broke up with him for 'cheating' on you." He put quotes around the word, making a mockery of it.

Wait... that was under the curse too? What the fuck. This asshole made me loose two months with the love of my life because of a bloody fucking curse?!

I struggled against his hold, making him dig his nails into my neck and making me wince loudly.

"Kathy!" I heard my older sister's voice and turned to my right, only to see her struggling against a woman's hold, a woman wearing a lot of pink. I recognized her from the books I've read about the DA and the Order, this is Ex-Professor Umbridge, Umbitch as my mum would so eloquently put it.

"Cierra!" I screamed back when I heard her wince. As soon as the word escaped my mouth the back of Lucius' hand was on my face, leaving a stinging sensation across it.

Fucking bitch.

"Remarkable." He held my face in his hand and when I tried to struggle he dug his nails in deeper. "Truly remarkable."