Animal Instincts

Chapter XXII: Irrational Jealousy and Uncontrolled Rage

A week past by them since the end of Harry's heat; Tom was anxiously awaiting for when Harry told him that he either was or was not pregnant; internally praying for another pregnancy as to keep Harry moderately confined and safe. Tom knew he wouldn't be able to totally keep his mate locked in the estate; Harry would get too angry and suspicious of that.

But, Tom also wanted to limit his exposure outside of the estate; given all of the risks he was taking by allowing Harry to still be operating his free-clinic to the people of the area and those who traveled here to see him for healing or treatments.

Both of them were, however, making headway in destabilizing the watchers slowly but surely. The group was associated to the Order, but they were not actually members of it. Only a select few of them actually were members; most of them higher ups that were new to the Order and were not yet as trusted by them as some of the older members. Neither Tom nor Harry had seen them as of yet.

However, the group's infrastructure was cracking and beginning to crumble. All due to the one watcher reporting of his finds. They only knew of what was said; due to Oliver Wood, who had infiltrated the group for them; having changed his appearance to another when in that role.

He had seen how the watcher reported of the fact that Harry had left Britain willingly with the Dark Lord; who now was sane and not seeking war. Reported of the fact they wore soul-bands; that news had caused ripples between the higher ups that were in the Order to those who were not; most magical people...when educated enough, they knew soul-bands had to be accepted by both parties of their own willing mind.

The watcher then spoke of the fact that Harry physically was not human totally anymore. That whatever caused his change; was not due to the Dark Lord at all. He then spoke in more details of the changes he had seen; both physically, and in his magic. The watcher reported that Harry had spoken of having a very large feline form that was called Loki; however, the form did not seem to be an animagus nor to be a lycanthropic shifter; as he had heard him talking of being able to change shape whenever he wanted.

But, the watcher didn't know what to label his new change as. He told them of the titles he had seen the people here call to them as. It made the group wary and very shifty; the locals might rise up to rebel if they intended to harm them, seeing as Harry was now very different. He was integrally a part of this land and its people, and so he also had likely trained himself to fight back if threatened.

But the real chaos began when he reported that he believed that Harry and the Dark Lord had...sired a child between them, and that was who Nefertari was. Harry and Tom had been told by Oliver; that it had taken all his restraint not to grin at the room for that. Oliver told them that it took this new group a long time to calm from it, and then one of the higher ups demanded to know why the watcher believed that.

The watcher reminded them of the one particular physical change to Harry that most males did not have; not in the way they would typically show it. Then, he reminded them that Harry and the Dark Lord had left Britain and been gone for over a year now. Which meant Harry had gotten pregnant probably not too long after they reconciled.

Their child; this Nefertari, they were likely at least six months old to a year old by now...if his theory was correct. And with how Harry had been speaking at their dinner yesterday; it was clear that he had plans for more children.

Riddle hadn't disagreed to them nor protested the idea of it; actually, the watcher reported that he had only smiled and inclined, or smirked and teased Harry about it.

Two of the three members in the group that were in the Order; they agreed not to go back until they knew more of this. They didn't want to be siding with someone intending to destroy soulbonds...nor to be harming infant children, not if they had a choice.