EXPLICIT WARNING * Smut*
To whoever needs to know. As i stated in the disclaimer this would be a dark fan fic . That being said whoever doesn't feel okay with the actions listed bellow ,feel free to exit now ,because they will be more in the future. To the rest enjoy. ✍🏻
TOM
I hope the state of you ,doesn't reflect on the task i gave you. I spoke up as Matheo walked through the door of the shop. He should have been back days ago. His face was busted ,no doubt his fault. His robes torn in one place and blood covering his hands.
- Some bloody task that was. Took me a whole week to drag myself back here. He bit back and took a seat in the chair in front of me.
- So did you found the name? I asked while filling out documents , for the latest deal in the shop. I had no patience today for him or anyone else. The tournament was approaching and things needed to be arranged in place. That list of names should be the last puzzle piece. If i can just understand what those people have in comment , i can understand what kind of a tournament it is. Gain competitive advantage , before anyone else does.
- I did but there were some complications. Matheo mumbled out casually , which meant anything but that. I can not afford mistakes. Not now.
- What complications?
- The place of the meeting was a sham. They had a port keys ready for them , as soon as they arrived. Didn't want to lose them ,so i grabbed one of them joining the apparition. Nearly got spinched. Matheo cursed .
- Where did you end up? I spoke pausing my writing . He needed to get to the point. I cared non for the details of his fuck up.
- Amaru. He replied and a laugh bursted out of me at his words.
- I am serious Tom. He protested pausing my joy for a moment and i finally looked up to him. My brother had a tendency to twist lies , if they benefited him in the smalest way , but looking at him now, i knew that was not the case. Anger replaced the previous amusement in seconds.
- Come again?
- You heard me. That's not all. He mumbled and his hand neared his wand. He was nervous , sweaty.
Leaning back in my chair and taking a deep breath ,was the best thing i could do ,in order not the reduce him , to a snivelling coward on the ground.
- What was it like? I found myself asking instead. There is nothing I currently desired more than access to those lands . To their magic and yet it proved so difficult. Limitations at each corner and not enough power on my hands to change it. But if i had her that could change. He hesitated in front of me .
- Strange ,so very strange. The place where i ended up in was a smaller city, but still significantly bigger than most of ours. Wards everywhere Tom and i mean everywhere. As soon as i touched the ground i was stuck in them. I've never felt such magic before, I couldn't move a muscle. Had the blast the whole lot , just to get free. Matheo replied and i catalogued everything to memory, for further research.
- Henderson and the others met with the Amaruns just outside that town. 2 of them . I don't who they were, but they came with a lot of guards.
The letter will be delivered from their side to ours , on the 1 st of January. One day before the ceremony of announcement . A man by the name Deniz Holstrom. He wasn't present the meeting and i have no idea what he looks like. Matheo finally finished, but his attention wasn't on the conversation. He was hiding something.
That gives me a little more than 3 weeks to sort all the loose ends, but i needed that letter to do so. Otherwise i would have a day. Doubt settled in my mind , alongside with annoyance .
- What else ? I asked placing my wand on the table as a warning , should he decide to lie to me. He laughed back at me and much to my surprise placed his own. He was getting bolder . A lot more useful , the other side of me beckoned.
- Ah bloody hell , why not? Remember that man i told you about in Hadara? Matheo asked before standing up and grabbing a bottle and two glasses. This might be the first time my half brother offered me a drink. Unusual.
- Hard to forget your failures Matheo. I bit out remembering the task i gave him months ago. A simple task one would think. Secure prisoners and bring them back. Not for my bastard of a half brother apparently and his rantings about a man standing in his way.
- Turns out , it was not a man at all. It was a woman. Matheo replied and poured in the glasses. The self satisfaction on his face ,made me even more annoyed.
- Is there a point to your incessant rambling? I asked letting my annoyance show , it worked usually in shutting him up.
- Yes there is Tom. He bit out.
- Which is?
- That woman took the prisoners last time. Right under my nose . Matheo bit out .
- Which wouldn't have happened if you simply killed her ,but you failed that too. Now for the last time . Why are you telling me this? I asked and watched him slide the glass to me with a grin , he usually reserved for his enemies.
- Believe me I thought about it for months, but as it turns out it's a good thing I didn't , because she saved my life on Amaru. He replied and downed the drink. Me being at a loss of understanding , didn't occur often, but here i stood.
- I don't understand. I blurred out and inhaled the drink ,while repeating every word he said so far in my head.
- I don't either. The meeting didn't last more than 10-15 minutes before everyone bolted. Soldiers arrived shortly after. They knew something was wrong immediately Tom and they came prepared . I got hit in the shoulder with a weapon i have never seen before . Took out my whole bloody arm in the process. Healing spell's didn't work either , so i hid. I think i passed out at some point, cause next thing i remember is the woman hitting me. Matheo said plunging me into a deeper confusion.
- You know what how about i just show you? Legimency ! Matheo yelled and before i could deflect the spell , images began pushing through my mind. Not ones of my own making, but his i realised.
" I can kill you right now. It won't even take a second" I threatened pointing my wand at a barely illuminated figure, with a golden mask and surrounded by darkness.
" Go ahead . You won't last 5 minutes out there before they find you" the figure replied , with strangely muddled voice. Neither female or male.
I could feel the pain that went through his body.
The images changed to a rooftop and my knees hitting the ground harshly, as i tried to catch my racing breath. It was so strange to look at the memories of someone else , but feel what they felt. I cursed inwardly of my inability to deflect it , as i watched the scene around me.
The woman was staring down at me . Mask fashioned like i skull i noticed now in the moonglight, the hood above it covering everything else.
- You don't care? This is Kandahar territory . Your kind is banned here by law. Any wizard caught here, will be shot on sight. The woman said that distorted voice rising. She was angry .
Kandahar? He aparated in Kandahar? I thought looking around the unknown city. House of Kandahar governs these lands. I reminded myself the words of the vampire and committed everything to memory. The image disappeared again, before being replaced by another.
I was standing in a forest . The woman beside me.
- Were the ones you were chasing wizards too? She asked
- They were . Members of the ministry of magic, disguised as someone else. I spoke and waited patiently for any reaction of her. There was nothing ,as silence stretched between us. Dumb fool. I thought to give away information so freely.
- What happened in your city Hadara is connected to this, I don't know how yet , but it's connected. She replied much to both mine and Matheo's shock.
Suddenly the image around me blurred into darkness and i felt myself being pulled back to reality. Matheo still stood in front of me wand in his hand.
The urge to hit him as soon as i regained my consciousness, was tremendous . The information his thoughts brought me however , distracted me from the impulse.
She helped him why? Did she knew he worked for me? It would explain the act. Win herself a favour ,too bad things didn't work that way with me. It didn't explain her knowledge of Hadara and why provide such information back? What game is she playing?
- Did she asked for anything from you? I questioned and watched Matheo frown.
- She did not. He replied throwing me into a spiral of more questions.
- I think she can help us . We can use that. If you let me find her. Matheo prompted . The headache i had forming , made it impossible for me to remain calm. Everything irritated me. My foolish half of a brother , even more so. I took the decisions of who joins under my rule , not him ,precisly because of that. Naivety.
- You think and you know , are two very different things and i need to be dead , to rely on your thinking.
- Mock me as much as you want Tom, but last i checked we were stuck in this , with the same old information, as we have for months. We are relaying on that letter alone , to give us what we need. It's not enough and you know it. Matheo replied his fists tightening. For once ,my brother it seems, had a spark of intelligence, in that overly battered skull of his. It was surprising , but he had a point. We are running out of time and they are more people standing against me , than before. People in positions of power. I needed a way in amogst them. Contact ,with those same people. Enough to sway them to bend a knee, force them if i have to. This tournament and the potential power plays it brought, kept me awake at night. If i could just get involved with it somehow, it will guarantee me a spot amongst them. Much easier to topple over the ministry from within.
Every day I wished i could just walk in that building and burn it all down. Alongside the people that supported it. Show them what true power looks like. One day perhaps , but not now. I had to be patient. I had to be sure , no one would be able to stand against me.
- What's her name? I asked as i failed to see anything in his memories .
- I don't know , but she did gave me an alias. He said grining back at me . Bait to see if i will take it. I did . For once my curiosity ,overruling common sense and I nodded at him to proceed.
- The predator. He replied overly dramatically, but something in his eyes was wicked.
- How absurd. I commented .
Who would pick such an alias? Baser primal beasts predators . Hunting for their prey. What a ridiculous concept.
- Not the words i'd use. So we agree then? Matheo asked and raised his glass to me. It seemed genuine enough, not that u could tell with him.
- Very well. You have a month. I said and raised a glass.
- So before i go , care to tell me what you planned to do , about out other huge problem. Matheo asked with a smirk . He told me every detail of their last encounter . The absolute adacity and ego on her was staggering. Add the fact she had the lettter to begin with and her blatant disregard to meet with me . It made me feel the type of anger I haven't felt in a long time and she will be on the receiving end of it. I will know what she does, one way or another.
- Leave that brat to me . You search for this woman and take Mulciber with you. He needs to get out of London for a while . I think Athalar is suspecting him. I replied and waved him off.
- Do me a favour and don't break her. You are not the only one with obsessions to satisfy. Matheo yelled out and slammed the door behind him , while I restrained myself from throwing a Crucio his way.
The head of the ministry continued to be a thorn at my side. Standing in my way every chance he gets. Those prisoners im Hadara were supposed to give me insight on him. Anything i can use , to undermine the authority he held. After that he doubled the patrols everywhere. London especially. With aurors around every corner. While they weren't the high skilled magicians , the ministry made them out to be , they had the numbers. The meetings with my deatheaters had to be more careful. The plans needed rearranging. I couldn't allow mistakes , not now. My mind strayed off a pair of black eyes flashing through it , followed by her face in the garden. She looked so disappointed. Like i have somehow managed to fail her. I had no inspiration's to rise to the expections of a spoiled heir ,with way to much bite on her tongue.
Or was she? Where did that spoiled heir get that a letter , ruining plans set in motion months ago and all while I wasn't watching. She was out of my sight for 20 minutes . 20 minutes in which , whatever trust i had established in her had crumbled , leaving me back at square one and nowhere near her.
Are you a mistake little one? I whispered out loud as images of her ,in the dress i choose, rushed through my head. She looked so delicious in it.
I aparated with one decision in mind. To not let her out of my sight , again.
