Treasure Hunt | Dramione ✔

Chapter Ten

He mumbles something under his breath, and Hermione strains her ears to catch whatever he's saying.

"Louder," Malfoy hisses.

"I don't know him, but his friends call him Viktor"

Hermione's eyes widen. "Krum? Viktor Krum?" She asks.

"Y-yes" Xavier squints at her.

Malfoy lets out an inhuman growl and shoves him back against the wall, holding him in place by placing an arm over his neck.

"What else did he ask you to do?" He grits out.

Hermione licks her dry lips.

"I...I don't know. Please let me go" he cries.

"Not until you fucking spill it" he growls at him, and Hermione is reminded of the hateful boy that she knew at Hogwarts. He sounds very much like his old self, and she's scared.

"I-I.." he stutters and turns his gaze towards Hermione, silently begging for her help.

She shakes her head. "Tell us," she says, the word us making her stomach clench.

Xavier heaves a sigh, but Malfoy pushes him harder against the wall, almost cutting off his oxygen.

"I will tell.... I will tell you everything" he cries.

Malfoy clenches his jaw and loosens his grip on the other man.

"That Viktor...He...He asked me to poison Nott and Malfoy" he admits.

Hermione gasps.

"And?" Malfoy prompts.

"And, what?"

"What about Her-Granger?" He asks.

Hermione's heart is beating frantically fast, not at all because he was about to say, Hermione.

"He...said that he she was a good person. He asked me to bring her to him once I was done...with you both."

Hermione's nostrils flare. How dare he?!

Moving with bolting light speed, she flings her hand across his face and slaps him. Hard. The sound reverberates around the room.

"And you were just going to murder them?" She's seething with anger.

"He said that they were bad men! He asked me to check their forearms for a sign of a dark skull!" He tries to reason.

"So? You didn't think twice before poisoning Theo? What the hell, Xavier? And here I actually thought you were a decent human being, but you're nothing but a vile, pathetic murderer." She spits the words at his face.

"Forgive me Ms Hermione, but he said that Malfoy and Nott were the ones who murdered and tortured-"

"Shut up!" She yells having had enough. "Just shut up!"

His mouth snaps shut, and he presses it into a thin line.

"What did he offer you?" She asks after a moment.

"What?"

"In return... for killing them" she clarifies.

Malfoy, who was listening quietly up until now, stands up straight.

Xavier's cheeks redden and he looks away.

"Spit it out" she snarls at him.

"He said......He promised... he'd let me have you" he says in a small voice.