𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 - 𝐑.𝐖.

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃

Adaline made the decision to sneak into the Malfoy manor to retrieve some more of her things, such as mail or anything important. Her room at the manor had been untouched, the door was tightly shut leaving a mere gap to just see through. She hadn't been to the manor in about three months. She had visited a total of once since she had 'moved out', she couldn't believe to count how much she appreciated everyone around her, that saved her. She had only visited once because she knew she wasn't welcome at the place she use to call her home. As Adaline packed her things away she heard the faint talking of her father, he'd kill her if he found her here at his home, without his permission. The quiet taps of her mothers high heels echoed through the halls as the couple walked around, "He wants them right here...now with that traitor of what you call a daughter out of the way, we can host as many meetings as we would like" Lucius almost cackled, "She was just as much as your daughter as well, Lucius" Narcissa sighed trying to defend her missing daughter. "No daughter or son of mine would rebel against our legacy, the legacy we, yourself and I have worked and tried to hold for so long. Moving into a rotted mudblood house, with a mudblood family, she is a ridiculous excuse of a daughter Narcissa, and you know it" Lucius hissed. Lucius insulted his daughter in front of her and behind her back whenever he could it was like a language he could speak so fluently in. "Ssh, Lucius...Draco's door is wide open" Narcissa shushed, "I'm sure he'll agree with me, isn't that right Draco"? Lucius asked a smirk poking at his lips.

Draco looked up from his desk, his facial expression was blank, he would never admit it, but he missed the parasite. He missed Adaline following him all over the place, asking his questions, even the arguing. He just missed having someone to talk to over the summers. Sure he had Crabbe and Goyle but they lived to far away. "Draco"! Lucius yelled, almost like a hiss of a snake, "What have a told you about ignoring me"? Lucius spoke his voice filled with hatred and venom, "What did you say, Father"? Draco asked,  "Your dull excuse for a sibling, she isn't worth it...she will tear down the legacy me and your mother have worked so hard for you two to be settled with" Lucius repeated himself, Draco dug his nails into his hands as the insults of his sister waved through his ears, "Yes, Father" Draco agreed.

It felt like a dagger had just been slashed through Adaline's heart when she heard what Draco had said about her. The peach house elf hopped over to the family, it pulled at Lucius cape, "What"? Lucius spat shaking the elf off his precious clothes, "What is it Mumford"? Lucius hissed as he lowered himself down to the elf's level. Lucius right eyebrow pricked at the whisper of the elf, "Mumford tells me that we have an intruder in our home...and there right about here" Lucius smirked "Petrificus Totalus" Lucius casted. The force of the spell pushed the door of Adaline's room open the spell casting itself on the only human in there. "You silly...silly girl, you couldn't even break into your own home without getting caught" Lucius chuckled dryly, Adaline's face was filled with pure horror, her hair covered with ice as was her body. "Thaw her Lucius...please" Narcissa frowned at the site of her daughter, Lucius listened to his wife, not for her benefit, it was for his own. "What's brought you back to the manor"? Lucius asked, "I came back to retrieve some things, I'll be gone soon" Adaline spoke quietly, "Adaline speak up, I hate it when you mumble, you know it's rude" Lucius huffed, "I came back to retrieve some things, I'll be gone soon" Adaline repeated herself. Her chest was heavy with panics, she was scared of being alone with her father, she was scared he was going to kill her.