Bound By Blood.

ch.109~The end is here.

"If anyone can make her, her again,

Its you loony.

You got this, I believe in you, Kid.

Help me, one last time."

Recovered Translated Correspondents between Death Eater Mattheo Riddle, to Order Member Luna Lovegood, 2004.

Hogwarts, 2004.

Mattheo.

The vow is gone.

She broke it.

She fucking broke it.

My father's presence exploded through me the moment she severed our bond, like he'd been waiting—waiting for me to be alone.

Like he knew...

And now, with the vow broken, I could feel him clawing through my thoughts like rot through bone.

"You see?" He whispered from the depths of my mind. "She was never going to save you. Only I can."

And the sick part?

A part of me believed him.

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Theodore.

I didn't think.

All I heard was Mattheo tell me to save her.

So I did.

I rushed foward, right as I seen his father approaching and scoped her up into my arms.

I was many things since the first war, I was angry, I was impulsive, but I was loyal.

So, I listened and did what I was told.

I barely recognized her.

This—this wasn't Alexandra Brooks.

Not the Ravenclaw with the sharp tongue and louder laugh, who made even the most arrogant Slytherins blink in surprise.

This wasn't Alexandra Brooks, chaos incarnate, Mattheo's match, his weakness.

The girl in my arms was still.

Too still.

Her clothes were torn, skin bruised, her fire—gone.

The halls of Hogwarts groaned around us as I bolted through them, smoke rising, magic snapping in the air.

"Alexandra!" I shouted, desperation cracking my voice, "Alex, stay awake! He'll kill us both if you give up!"

But she didn't answer. 

Her head lolled against my chest like she was already halfway out of this world.

And that—Merlin, that broke me.

Because she wasn't supposed to look like this.

Not the girl who once laughed running through these very halls.

Not the girl who told Mattheo Riddle that he didn't scare her—not even a little.

"Come on," I hissed through my teeth. "Don't go out like this. Don't you dare."