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Two Sides of the Same Coin (Sequel to HCILY)

So I am super excited about this book, so here is a little teaser. A small excerpt from the first chapter. I hope you like it! Please comment, it will motivate me to get writing faster!

I walked into the foyer of the Malfoy home, greeted in an almost  fearful way by a few of Voldemort's cronies. Death Eaters didn't seem to suit them They were scared of a 16 year old girl, for Merlin's sake!

"Ah, Jezabel! Good to see you're up. Any news for me?" Voldemort asked in a surprisingly polite tone. I lowered myself onto the couch opposite him and shook my short blue head. I had been here over a month and He asked me the same question every morning. I was unsure what he expected me to say. I gave him bits and pieces I made up as time went on, fearful if he got nothing, I would no longer be useful to him. We all know what would happen then.

"Ah well. Maybe tomorrow. Ah, Jezabel, I have some news for you." He turned and gave me an unsettling smirk. "Bring him in."

I turned to the door to see the one person I was hoping I wouldn't see in the same room with Tom Riddle. Draco strode in purposefully, his expression blank and rigid. His white blonde hair was longer than I remembered and disheveled. His eyes were steel grey, but softened slightly when he locked eyes with me. He let out a small, barely audible gasp before steeling himself again and stopping some 6 feet away from Voldemort.

"Draco!" I gasped. I rose suddenly, but Voldemort raised a long thin arm.

"Now, now, Jezabel. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Draco is here to see me, not you you self-centered little girl. Crucio!" I was suddenly overcome with probably the worst pain I had ever felt. It was like the center of my body was on fire and drowning in acid at the same time. Everything was white hot. I felt my knees hit the floor, and suddenly, the pain was gone.

"I hope you don't think less of me, Jezabel. I merely needed to prove a point. Draco here is going to be almost as important in my plan as you are. And now he knows the consequence should he fail. As. Do. You." he hissed the last three words pointedly. A vision flashed across my eyes. Draco was hanging by his arms from some unseen force, his face blank and gaunt. His eyes stared blankly at me. A small trickle of blood flowed down his chin. I choked slightly, then forced my mind forward, willing the vision away.

"W-what do you need me to do?"

Ahh! I am so excited about this book, but it does need to take a back burner, at least for a few weeks. I need to get this original fiction done and out to a publisher, and I have been slacking. I hope you're as excited as I am about this. Expect Chapter 1 to premiere August 1st!