Consumed | Hermione x Draco

Silent Suffering

A/N: TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE / NON-CON

I walk through the halls of Hogwarts, as quickly as my aching body allows, making my way towards the potions classroom. This morning a letter was left by the Dark Lord, telling me that from now on I will work together with my Father to learn about potions. Every night I will return to Malfoy Manor and share the bedroom with my new lord husband.

Father is already waiting for me as I walk into his old classroom. His eyes snap up to meet mine, but I have my polite, Pureblood wife mask firmly in place. He isn't fooled and walks towards me, handing me two potions without further explanation. When he turns his back towards me to walk to the supply room I quickly uncork both of them and drink. The pain in my body is awful, everything aches and my head is pounding. I feel the numbing spread out through my body and sigh in relief.

Before I can ask what the other potion was, the door bursts open and Blaise is striding towards me. Anger is radiating from him, his eyes are burning gold as he snarls.

"Why did you do it?" He growls. "Why try to protect us instead of yourself," he looks at me and before I can respond he already continues.. "Don't play dumb, it doesn't suit you. Instead of using magic on yourself and protecting yourself, you barged down the bond and almost blinded us. Just so we didn't have to watch!"

I am too stunned to respond immediately. The anger in myself rises and my eyes shift to a matching gold. "You are angry with me?" My voice is deathly calm. "You think I could have used magic on myself without him knowing, he is also bonded to me, he would have felt it. I did what I could and what I needed," I retort.

He scoffs, crossing his arms and showing off the building muscles. "What you needed? We might have seen everything in a blur, but we heard enough, you were in pain!" The magic rolls off him in waves.

"Blaise!" I snap, looking over at my father. "I did what I did because I can't endure these pitiful looks of you or the others. I am doing my duty. There wasn't another solution, I did what I could," steadying my voice once again. My own rage continued to simmer all night and I am ready to explode with it.

"That was not a normal consummation," he presses further, making me roll my eyes. "He forced you, Hermione," the moment my name leaves his lips his tone softens.

But I am not ready to let it go. "This whole marriage is forced and I am not the only one," I counter

Now it's his time to shake his head and push a hand over his short hair. "Theo and Daphne might get married earlier than expected, but they want it. Draco and Pansy have been engaged since they were born. Purebloods don't marry for love, but you haven't grown up like the way we do. We know what to expect and Theo and Draco would never force themselves on a woman, or humiliate them like he did you."

Father is watching us, his expression guarded and I look away from both men. "It's fine, it was only one time," my voice is strained as I know the lie is as see through as glass.

Luckily both of them don't reply to it.

Blaise's shoulders sag as he exhales. "How are you feeling?" His voice soft and filled with concern.

I shrug. "I'm fine, Father gave me something for the pain."

Blaise rushes forward closing the distance in two big strides and his arms wrap around me. Pulling me against his body and all I can do is inhale and shudder. His scent wraps around me and fills me with a feeling of being home and safe. I can also feel the pact bond shimmer between us, pushing its way to the foreground. It settles me, knowing that I still have people looking out for me instead of truly being and feeling alone.