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---Seducing Salazar---
Salazar Slytherin was everything Rowena Ravenclaw wanted in a man.
Damn him.
The living embodiment of tall, dark and handsome, he was currently leaning nonchalantly on the counter of the inn they had decided to take shelter from the storm in. His raven coloured hair was tied back out of his face and Rowena felt her hand itching to pull it loose from its ties and run her hands through it.
Damn him.
He was tall and slim and Rowena wondered how difficult it would be to drag him to the floor, tear off his robes and ravish him. She looked at the floor and quickly reconsidered. The place looked like it had never seen a broom and there were various creatures of the insect variety scampering around in the filth.
"We're a bit crowded at the moment," said the innkeeper, looking them over as if assessing how much they could afford. Rowena dragged her mind away from her fantasies and turned her attention back to the matter at hand.
"We can share a room," Rowena said with a smile. She tucked her arm through Salazar's and turned her brightest smile on him.
Twinkling grey eyes looked down at her before he turned back to the innkeeper. "Two rooms, no matter the cost," he said.
Rowena sighed.
Salazar Slytherin was perfect. Perfect hair, perfect eyes, perfect smile, perfect manners…a perfect gentleman.
Damn him.
The whole 'not until we're married' line had been all well and good before his father had put the proverbial spanner in the works. Waiting a few months until she could drag him down the aisle was perfectly doable. Waiting indefinitely until his father had a change of heart…or a complete personality transplant…was another thing entirely.
It's not like she had to worry about her reputation. It was already in tatters after that little incident at the Slytherin family home two months ago.
Being found alone with an unmarried man was often frowned upon.
Being found alone with an unmarried man whilst sitting on his lap was definitely frowned upon.
Being found alone with an unmarried man whilst sitting on his lap with her hand groping inside his robes…well she'd always thought a good reputation was overrated anyway.
What little of her reputation had been left after that incident had vanished when her parents had ordered her to choose between themselves and Salazar; she'd chosen Salazar and the scandal had been complete.
Everyone already thought they were 'living in sin' so as far as Rowena was concerned they might as well have the fun since everyone thought they had anyway. She just didn't know why Salazar didn't agree with her on this point.
But if Rowena Ravenclaw was one thing, it was determined, and she was determined that one way or another she was going to seduce Salazar Slytherin.
Author Note: There is a full recounting of the incident at the Slytherin residence in Chapter 6 of my Hogwarts: All Sales Final story if you are interested. That chapter is a flashback and you don't need to read the rest of it if you don't want to.