The past year had been a horrendous experience for Lucius Malfoy, locked in a bleak cell in Azkaban, he thought his life over but at least felt safe from the torture of the Dark Lord. That was, until Lord Voldemort came for him and many other followers and decided that the new Death Eater headquarters was within Lucius' own home.
Lucius realised this was coming to a point that one side would be victorious and he was powerless as to who would win. Life had been made into hell on earth for Lucius and his family, the Dark Lord not content with regularly torturing Lucius, he had now turned upon his son, Draco and branded him with the Mark. Initially Lucius wanted to do anything to stop Draco getting the Dark Mark even if it meant sacrificing himself but, the more Lucius thought about it, the more he realised, he'd never be enough to stop the Dark Lord from pursuing Draco. After he informed his wife that Draco would have to play along she decided to take it upon herself to stop Draco being branded, fortunately Lucius was able to stop her, god only knows what Voldemort would have done to his wife for defying him.
Their fate would only be decided, after the war was over. Lucius knew the Dark Lord was only keeping he and his family alive to exploit them if he won. To create a new society, after battle, money needed to be spent and Lucius knew his family would be safe so long as they had the funds to pay for this new society.
Whilst the money they had would keep their family for many, many generations to come, the Malfoy fortune could not build a whole new society, so it didn't look like they'd stay alive long, nor did Lucius fancy his chances living in poverty. All of which left Potter as the other option, Lucius had no idea how he could stop himself landing in Azkaban if Potter won but he suspected if he could, it would involve not fighting for the Dark Lord. Well, being wandless, that wasn't exactly hard, was it? And it probably involved money as well. Luckily, he couldn't see Potter taking everything he had and leaving him without a home to live in but he couldn't be so sure.
All he did know was that; after the battle had been decided, things would never be the same again. He could only hope that he and his family could stay alive through this.
Narcissa had got much stronger over the past year and Lucius felt he barely knew his wife anymore, she was not the shy and timid girl he had married all those many years ago, mind you he barely knew himself. Wandless, powerless and scared for his life, Lucius Malfoy had changed.