Blood Ties | By : christineyoung Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 62592 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 12 |
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A/N: Well, the masses have spoken. More chapters it is. Honestly, I had the epilogue about halfway complete and it just felt so rushed, even more so than the fast pace of this story. And there was major parts that I felt like I was glossing over or skipping completely to keep the epilogue from being 10,000 words. So I will continue updating once a day until I run out of chapters and the goal will be at least two a week. I think it should be doable since these chapters are bite size anyway. Now, on with the show!
"Y-You can't be serious?" she squeaked. She'd never known that. She'd always thought that to become a vampire, one had to be totally drained of blood and then given the infusion of vampire blood. If what he said was true, she could be struck on the head by a tree and turn into a vampire. Merlin, she could get avada'd by a Death Eater and come back as a vamp.
"I'm afraid so," he gloated as his nose nestled against her much abused neck. It was stinging painfully now from the many bites he'd inflicted on her in the past twenty-four hours. "But it gets even better, for me at least."
She shuddered as his tongue licked languidly at the wound on her neck. It tingled uncomfortably as he swiped his tongue over it. "If I do turn you, you have to obey me. If I give you a direct command, you can't not obey me. You will feel physical discomfort and then pain if you don't comply."
Tears wavered in her vision. This thing just kept on getting worse by the minute. "You mean," she choked out. "That if I die, I'll be your slave even in death?"
"Yes."
She closed her eyes in horror, her tears falling freely from her eyes. She could never be free of him. As long as he continued to force his blood into her, she couldn't even take her own life to be free. She would just come back and belong to him once more.
"Just kill me now," she moaned softly in despair. "No, don't do that," she quickly backpedaled. His hold would tighten over her in death. Circe, help her. He could kill her and allow her to turn. Then he could command her to kill Harry. There wouldn't be a thing she could do about it.
She was mortified that she'd allowed him to corner her so effectively. There was nothing in this 'deal' for her at all. She stayed alive, but it wasn't any kind of life she'd wanted. She'd been duped, thoroughly out-maneuvered by a cunning Slytherin vampire.
"Would it be so bad," he asked softly. "To spend eternity with me? It is lonely, Granger, as an immortal. Imagine, watching those around you, everyone you love, knowing that they will die someday. I've only been like this for six months and I've already begun to despair. I won't last if I can't come to grips with my immortality."
She eyed him carefully, seeing her tear stained face reflected in his flinty orbs. "What do you know of love, Malfoy?" she asked. "You've been cruel to me for the last five years. You've treated me like I was the vilest creature in the wizarding world and then you ask if it would be bad to spend eternity with you. I can't hardly stand to be in your presence for five seconds if you're spitting vitriol at me."
"I," he faltered and looked at the spot above her head.
She watched him carefully. She'd never seen him so unguarded. She'd never heard him sound insecure. His last statement had thrown her for a loop. She wondered if he'd done this to her just so that he could have a companion. If that was true, why hadn't he chosen one of his so-called friends? Or his girlfriend, Pansy?
"I'm sorry," he finally. "I don't know what else to say, Granger. I was raised by a tyrant, who beat fear and obedience into me. I was expected to act a certain way and I'd be punished if he didn't think I was living up to his standards. As for love, I love my mother. She's the only good thing in my cursed life. Just because I don't show it, doesn't mean that it isn't there."
She didn't move as he pressed his face into her collar bone. She felt sorry for the prat. And she hated herself for it. She couldn't imagine growing up around Lucius Malfoy. The man was terrifying. She suddenly got visions of a toddler Draco crying as his father cursed him for spilling some ink on a stack of parchment. Something that a quick 'scourgify' would set to rights. She saw a sad Narcissa in the background, tears staining her porcelain cheeks and her hand clasped tightly over her mouth.
She blinked as she came back to the present. "You see?" he asked hoarsely. "There wasn't any other way fro me to act."
"What?" she asked. "Was that?" She was a little unnerved by the vision. It was so clear that it was like it was her own memory.
"Our bond," he explained. "It is growing already."
End Note: Any guesses as to just what Draco has done? I have another remix story to finish for a friend for her Halloween countdown. That piece is mostly finished, I just have to flesh it out and type it up. And I'd like to hammer out the next chapter of What A Malfoy Wants and get it posted. Then I will write like mad for this fic until my vacation is over. Going back to work means less writing time. : ( Boo. I wish I could just do this for a living. Review!
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