Afflictions Of The Heart

The Battle Within

Authors note: Hello my lovely readers! Brittany here. I hope you are all enjoying the book so far, I pour my heart and soul into this book. This is going to be another rough chapter, talk of suicide and self harm. Please know that you are never alone in this world and if you ever feel this way please reach out to someone and talk about your feelings. You are loved you are enough and i am proud of you!Also I have noticed a lot of ghost readers. If you wouldn't mind interacting, commenting and voting it would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy ❤️

Lucius apparated them straight to St Mungo's. As soon as he was inside holding Ivy he yelled loudly, "please somebody help her! She won't wake up!" He yelled desperately clinging to Ivy. A few nurses sprung into action rushing over to Lucius. "What happened?" A young woman asked. "She won't wake up! She won't wake up! She went missing for a while and I found her like this with cut wrists, she cut them with a dagger, and now she won't wake up!" He yelled out.

The nurses ushered him back to a private room and he laid her down on the hospital bed as nurses flooded the room. An older woman who appeared to be in her early 50's rushed in and froze, "that's Ivy Abbott, I haven't seen her in months! Oh sweet girl what happened to you!" She said rushing over to her side. Lucius was standing by the bedside stroking Ivy's head frantically, "your going to be alright, you have to be alright. PLEASE SOMEONE FIX HER" he yelled out.

The older woman put her hand reluctantly on Lucius's arm, "Mr. Malfoy, you need to give us some space to work on her. We will do everything we can but you need to give us some space. I am Alice I was her trainer here, she's like a daughter to me. Let us work on her" she urged. He looked down at her pale body laying on the hospital bed looking almost lifeless. "Do what you need to do. Just. Save. Her" he ordered harshly.

The nurses began wrapping Ivy's wrist in cotton and healing potion before trying to figure out why she wasn't waking up. "Did she take anything?" Alice said looking up at Lucius. "I- I don't know." He said stressed. They hooked her up to a IV with a few potions to clear out her body and also hydrate her. Alice was checking her heart rate and sighed softly, "her pulse is weak, I think she may have used the Cruciatus Curse on herself before slicing into her wrist. What cause all this?" She asked looking up at Lucius.

"Her father, she found out about his rampage today and took off. I didn't tell her about him for this reason I knew she wouldn't react well. Please tell me she will be alright" Lucius said pacing the room. "She lost quite a bit of blood mixed with the Cruciatus curse did some damage on her body. She will wake up she just needs some time. We are going to admit her, once she is awake we would like to do a psychiatric evaluation on her and take things from there" Alice said. "I am not leaving her side" Lucius added.

They began to get Ivy ready to transfer her up to the inpatient ward as Lucius filled out a few pieces of paperwork. He followed behind them as they wheeled her up to a private room on the ward. They got her settled and Alice turned to Lucius, "it's a waiting game now, come get me when she wakes. There is owl services for you to use at your discretion, let me know if you need anything sir" she said quietly before looking down at Ivy and stroking her forehead gently before leaving the room.

Lucius stood next to Ivy staring down at her, wires hooked to her body, oxygen cannula under her nose, IV in her arm, wrists bandaged. He didn't know what to do in the moment, for once in his life he felt completely powerless. A man who had all the power he could ever ask for weak for his woman. Seeing her in such deplorable conditions and he could do absolutely nothing to help her. It felt as if his universe was coming crashing down around him, his world stopping. It had only been a few months but this young lady had became the center of his world. His life revolved around her, she was the center of his universe, his gravity that kept him grounded, his safe place.