Survival Bonds

Chapter 50: Captive

I'm not sure how many days I'm held captive, but I know from Draco's half truths that Severus knows where I'm at and will come to rescue me soon enough. I'm not in any real danger. Voldemort comes and taunts me often. Other than him, the only death eater I see is Draco. He personally asked Voldemort if he could be the one to bring my water and food.

No one has touched me. In any sense.

I always assumed that Voldemort would be something of a sexual deviant, but to hear him talk, he only has feelings for Severus. He only has any desire for Severus. If I didn't know the truth, I would say that he really did love my soul bonded husband.

The truth is a bit more eerily.

It's no exaggeration to say that Voldemort is obsessed with Severus. And he seems overly happy to share his praise of his 'loyal pet'. It could almost be called endearing if I wasn't bound to the wall, and if I didn't know the darker undertones of their... 'romance'.

The gray man seems just as interested to know about me as I am about him. I've heard so much about this man that I am meant to kill, but I do not know much about him.

"Why do you drink his blood. You aren't a vampire, right?" I ask him. He once again has come to torment and taunt me.

"Of course, I'm not a vampire." He looks at me as if I just insulted him greatly. "Blood is rich in iron and proteins. Normally it is unsafe for a normal man to drink, but for me Potter," he looks at the scar on my forehead, "I am hardly alive at the moment. I detest the taste of blood. Many of my loyal death eaters have offered up their blood as a way of aiding in my rejuvenation. Although the taste of their blood is nauseating, I have had to, but Severus's is much different. There is something special about him. There is something untainted about him."

I watch as he inspects his ash colored hands and it's clear he knows he's one of the tainted ones.

"Severus deserves to be happy." I say aloud and he doesn't look up from his hands.

"He deserved much more than he has been permitted to have." He looks at me angerly as if I am the cause of this dreaded war and all the grief in the world. "And he will have, as will I."

I watch him stand and leave. When he leaves the candles are blown out and I'm left in the dark.

The dark.

I always hated the dark. The little lightbulb in my cupboard was bright enough to light the cramped space, but that was only when I was permitted to have a light bulb. Sometimes my uncle would take it away from me, or worse yet... make me earn it.

I would do the things he asked me in order to be allowed that small lightbulb. That was one of the first times that I... sucked him.

Don't think about it.

That dark is not what is dangerous. The simply the idea of the unknown. Not knowing what is hiding in that darkness. If that something is friend of foe.

I'm alone in the dark until Draco comes to give me my dinner. I'm almost never unbounded. It's only to eat and then I am bounded again. He unbounds me with his wand from outside the cage. He keeps his wand pointed at me the entire time I am eating. He's right against the bars.

Very quietly, I can hear him whisper.

"Severus will come soon." He says. He says it as if he is talking to himself. Not looking at me, but I understand what he's saying. "I'm sure Severus must have a plan for why he is protecting you." I know he's been in contact with Severus. It would be suspicious if he also disappeared from the school for several classes. I'm sure he's trying to tell me that Severus has a plan.