A/N: This is a repost of this story. I would like to thank my wonderful beta SunnyInOregon for betaing this story for me! More to come! It's all being worked on!


She couldn't believe this was happening. She was a blood mate to Lucius freaking Malfoy who was a vampire having been turned a few weeks prior forcing him to look for a blood mate. She had been at Diagon Alley with friends when he approached her and asked to speak with her alone. Entranced she followed him into a dark alley which was when he had started to feed from her. Once he had finished she had fainted. When she awoke she was lying in a bed apparently at Malfoy Manor.

That had been nearly a week ago. Now she was wondering the halls of Malfoy Manor. She knew she should contact her Father and tell him what happened but she wasn't certain how he would react. She and Lucius were still trying to adjust to their situation. Draco was the only other person who knew and understood their predicament. He had seen his Father get turned and had summoned the family Healer.

She moved quietly down the dark passageway towards the library looking for Lucius. He liked to spend his afternoons relaxing with a good book. She turned the handle and pushed the door open as she stepped inside she stopped abruptly at the sight of her Father standing in the room.

"Christina Aaliyah Snape where the fuck have you been?" her father hissed at her. Severus Snape was a foreboding person to everyone who came across him; his daughter was no exception.

"Ummm…well you see…ummm…" she trailed off.

"What the hell is that on your neck?" he asked as he stepped closer to her. His hand wrapped around her forearm stilling her from covering the wounds from Lucius' recent feeding.

"Daddy I can explain."

"Damn right you will." He growled. "And you will explain where the hell you have been for the past week."

"She's been here with me, Severus." Lucius cut in smoothly. "I've been schooling her in running a business. We've been busy for the last week and she hasn't had the time to contact you and as for her neck well I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation. I'm sorry. It's my entire fault."

"Really," Severus asked silkily. He glowered at his friend for a few minutes before turning back to Christina. "And what is that explanation?"

"Love bites! Draco and I were fooling around and he did it." She lied. She pulled out of her Father's grasp and moved across the room to stand close to but not next to Lucius.
She heard Lucius growl and gave him a frown.

"Of course," Lucius smiled. He briefly reached out and touched her elbow as he glided past her to stand between her and Severus. "They were fooling around the other night but I put an immediate stop to it."

"Then you wouldn't mind me asking Draco," Severus stated with an air of disbelief.

"Not at all," Lucius said with a shake of his head. He looked at Christi, "Would you go and get him? I think I heard him say he was going to tend to the horses."

She nodded and left the main house for the stables. Walking through the large double doors, she spots Draco coming out of the feed room.

"Hey shouldn't you be resting?" Draco asked in greeting.

"I'm fine," she replied shortly. "Look my dad is here and saw my neck and I lied and said you gave me love bites and your dad went along with it. It was the first thing that came to my mind and we need you to play along. So if my dad asks you gave them to me and your dad put an immediate stop to it. Okay?"

"Sure but why didn't you tell him?" he asked as they walked back to the house.

"Because he's going to flip a shit if he finds out," she laughed. "Your Dad is just a few years older than my Dad. He'll go crazy when he finds out. Trust me when I do tell him I'm giving him a Calming Drought; a really fucking strong one at that."

Draco laughed and hugged her. They had grown close over the last week. Draco had sworn to protect her and his father's secret. They entered through the front door and went directly to the library.

"Hello Uncle," Draco said with a smirk as he saw Severus.

The greasy-haired Potions Masters slide across the room and glared down his elongated nose at the younger Malfoy. "Did you give her those love bites on her neck?" he asked bluntly.

"Yes, Uncle Sev and before it could get any further Father walked in and pulled us apart," Draco stated contritely.

Severus nodded seemingly satisfied. Lucius then sent the two teens out of the room sothe adults could continue talking.