Aliah Snape (BOOK 4) - Fight or Flight

Chapter 37 - Runaway

"You are a lucky man you know that?" Stephan motioned to Aliah who slept peacefully in the bed. Since Stephan lived in a hut there was only one bed and he had let Aliah sleep in.

"I know,"

"Do you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco whipped his head around to Stephan and narrowed his eyes at him

"Where should I start? You're a Death Eater-"

"So his her Father,"

"Let me put this plainer. You chose to be a Death Eater more recently which put her in danger, then it took you weeks to find her. Did you even attempt to find her?"

Draco stood up and took a step to Stephan who chose to remain sitting on the couch

"You listen and you listen good. I love Aliah and I would never put her in harm's way,"

"You have a funny way of showing it," Stephan rose to his feet. The two boys sized each other up

"You have no idea what I had to do. I had no choice. He would have killed my parents and her and make me watch the deaths,"

"Poor you. There is a time for every boy to stand up for what is right and become a man. So come on Malfoy, be the man Aliah needs you to be," Stephan shoved Draco backwards

Draco went red with fury. He grabbed Stephan by the collar of his shirt and pushed him up against the wall

"Leave her alone. She is mine,"

"For now," Stephan smirked. Draco slammed him into the wall

Aliah screamed. Draco dropped Stephan and rushed over to her. She opened her eyes with cold sweats pouring down her face.

"I'm here Aliah," Draco ran his hands through her black hair. She turned to him and blinked a few times

"I remember," She mumbled

"What do you remember sweetheart?"

"The High Priestess, the power, how she killed, the killings. I remember everything Draco, it's like she's a part of me," Aliah cried. Draco sat next to her on the bed and pushed her head into his chest and rubbed her back

"You are strong Aliah. You and her a different,"

"I killed someone though Draco, with the Malfoy knife. I'M A MURDERER," Aliah sobbed harder

"No you are not. Let me guess it was a Death Eater?" Draco felt Aliah nod her head, "then don't feel bad. It was either you or him and frankly I would rather spend my life with you,"

"I'm scared Draco," Aliah looked up at his cold eyes

"Why don't we run away?"

"Run? Won't we be in more danger?"

"I wasn't going to tell you this but as an engagement gift, my parents brought us a house, on the beach,"

"Your parents did what?" Aliah gasped

"They assumed that we wouldn't want to live in the Manor as soon as we were married so they brought us a house. So what do you say? Shall we runaway Miss Snape? Live our life and forget our troubles?"

Aliah laughed, "we shall Mr Malfoy."