Bonded to Draco Malfoy

Chapter 2- Dinner with the Malfoys

"Melantha you should at least stay for tonight's feast, after all, we will have to discuss throwing your engagement party so we can go straight ahead after school finishes" Mrs Malfoy says again in the hope to change our minds. She had been trying to convince us to stay but my mum was using any excuse in the book to make us leave the manor.

Don't get me wrong my mum was excited to marry me off especially to the Malfoy family of all people but she did not trust me not to mess up in this situation or any situation to be honest.

I look at Draco but I could not read his expression, my brother glares at me following my stare then scowls. I guess our parents would be the only ones to have joy in this union "I am sorry but they leave in a few days and she has nothing prepared" my mother used again smiling nervously holding onto my shoulders tightly I could feel the tip of her nails hitting into my shoulders but I did my best not to pull a face to show it. 

I think everyone could feel the anger radiating from her and I would be lying if I said I wasn't afraid of the consequences that I am going to face later for defying and begging to stop this messed up arrangement in front of 'he who shall not be named'

"I could help her go" Draco offered finally speaking up but it's not what I wanted to hear. His mother then smiled and he continued "tomorrow I and Blaze could take her to Diagon alley to collect her things" he wore a smile but his voice was anything but pleased. 

I did not trust him or his smile, I remembered the darker part of him from when we were children and his cold stare still sent shivers down my body "after all we still need to go collect some things too" he finally adds and my mum thinks about it taking her nails out of my skin but keeping her hands on me, I feel relieved but again had to stop myself from showing it.

His eyes then look at me like he almost caught my relief but I avoided his stare. I still felt the pain in my arm which is still burning. It feels like the snake on my arm was burning to be closer to him like I wanted to be with him and the longer time goes on the more I feel it.

Did he feel it too?

"That is very kind Draco how could we say no?" my mum's fake smile got wider but so did her already tight grip, it was her giving me a warning to behave.

I was somewhat thankful for staying after all it gave my mum more time to calm down after what I just pulled in front of everyone.

"Perfect we will have dinner so we can plan so let's set up then, Snoopy!" Draco mum calls.

A door opens as I see a grumpy looking elf come running through taking in heavy breaths as he stops in front of us in a clumsy panic. 

"Set up three more plates for dinner our family seems to be expanding and use the best plates" she says turning back to us"after all it is a union from our lord so we have to make sure we celebrate big. I will have Mr Malfoy join us shortly," she says but she did not sound so sure. From what I always remembered from the summers I spent here, the Malfoys were a complicated family with Dracos parents relationship always on the edge and his mum always protecting Draco whenever she could. 

After leaving the basement Mr Malfoy stayed and Peter entered to talk about something happening in Hogwarts this year something about a cup but I did not get to hear about it before I was dragged out of the room by my livid mother "Why don't we get a head start so we can talk privately about some matters?" Mrs Malfoy asks and my mums nod "Draco make sure to bring Blaise and Melantha with you when I call"

"Yes mother" he says coldly not that he ever had spoken to her or his father warmly though I did know he loved her though I had only seen it a few times in recent years. With that both our mums were off down the cold stone corridors with barely a flame to flicker. I always hated spending summers here, even in the summer the manor is one of the darkest and coldest places and Draco was its cold prince that I hoped I could always avoid.