The Malfoy Affair

Saving Draco

Lucius' Pov

"No try it again Renn-you're not doing the wand movement correctly." I growled out getting frustrated at our lack of progress so far today.

She flashed her big doe eyes up at me before she let out a small huff out of annoyance. Truthfully that would have been almost cute if I didn't want to throttle her across the room right now for making me find her stubbornness appealing in anyway.

"Well if you would have let me read up about the charm for longer than one minute I would probably already have it down pat." I tried to not blanch at her words but they stirred something in me.

I couldn't have her reading up on the charm because there was a section in the book about blood bonds and curses-how they affected the charm. She was far more intelligent than I had originally suspected all those weeks ago and on top of that I was finding it harder to keep things from her.

I couldn't let her know this though. If she did something to try and rid herself of the pregnancy we would both be damned for certain. I refused to lose my magic.

"Lucius please just let me read up some more on it, I'm not going to get it right and you look like steam is about to start coming out of your ears !" The girl practically cried out while shooting a pointed glare at me.

"Pet I've already had you recite the spell and practice the wand movements, I've done the research for you. You must move your hand in a slithering motion' I moved over to where she was standing and grabbed her wand hand moving it into an S shape in front of us to show her one more time 'and you just do that wand movement repeatedly on Draco's skin while saying the spell until the charm is complete. In doing so you must also make sure your movements are fluid and not stiff. It really is not as difficult as you are making it out to be, you are clearly just dense." As I finished that phrase a prick of her magic sliced through my hand from hers causing me to release it and step back from her.

"What did you just do ?" I questioned wondering if she had felt the same sensation I had.

She looked at me as if I was a three-headed acromantula. "I didn't do anything, what are you on about ?" I stared at her puzzled for a moment. "You didn't feel that ?" She raised a brow at me. "Feel what ?"

Odd. Why hadn't she felt anything ?

"A sliver of your magic went through you and into me when I called you dense." Her mouth formed an O shape at my words.

"Perhaps it was because I was annoyed with you calling me dense ?"

"That is not it' I responded immediately. 'I've called you worse and done far worse to you and it's never elicited a reaction like that."

Her eyebrows scrunched together and she looked to be in deep thought. "Perhaps it has something to do with the charm getting stronger ?" Or the blood bond I thought to myself.

"Perhaps,' I nodded my head towards her 'anyways try once more." I hesitantly stepped away from her at my agreement.

She observed me for a moment, taking me in from head to toe and causing a nervousness to take over me. Could she see through my deplorable attempt at diverting her attention ? I always felt like she could.

I released a small breath of air I didn't realize I was holding as she brought her attention away from me and continued to practice the wand movement.