Draco walked slowly to the podium, his feet feeling like they were a tonne of bricks. His heart was beating rapidly against his chest, the beats echoing loudly in his ears. To him, it seemed like it would take several hours to walk to the front of the congregation, even though it was only ten steps away.

I knew someone would find me sooner or later. They would figure out that it was not only a monster but a person trapped in that body and maybe have a solution to the problem. That was expected.

What I didn’t expect was that she would be the one who would find me.

When she had been taken, he felt as if his heart had been split in two, but it was even harder to say goodbye to her today. There was so much he wanted to say, but he really wanted to say it to her in person so he could gaze into her beautiful eyes as he told her those things. But he knew he would never get that. The chance was long gone.