LAST TIME

"Where is she? I can smell her, she's here! I know she's here!"

That voice was something I had longed to here for so long, and now he was here. I should have been afraid, I should have turned on my heel and ran while I still could. But I had already ran from him once and I no longer had the iron-clad revolve to do it. I had missed Fenrir and I did want to reunite with him.

Steadying my breath, I took my moment to slowly stand up and move away from the shelter Lucius had provided instinctually.

'Fenrir," I said gently and had his full attention immediately.

He wasted no time in cutting the distance between us and drawing his arms around my waist, laying his forehead against my own.

"Little girl you've been very naughty running from me."

His voice sent such tumbling emotions of security through me that I couldn't help itching closer to him and breathing in his all too familiar scent.

"I know Fen."

But any further explanation on my part was quickly cut off by Lucius coming to his senses and ripping me, quite forcefully, away from my werewolf.

"You keep your hands off her, you beast!"

Fenrir was quickly becoming lost in his anger, glaring at the strong grip Lucius had on my wrist and I knew this would quickly get ugly if I didn't try to intervene,

"Uncle, it's okay. Fenrir and I know each other, we meet over the summer while I was waitressing in Newcastle. It's ok."

I repeated but this didn't seem to make either of them happier. Giving into the pounding in my chest, I sidestepped my Uncle to stand besides Fenrir and ease some of his anger.

"I'm sorry Uncle, Aunt, but I believe Fenrir and I need to have a long overdue conversation." And with that I ended breakfast by leading the still fuming werewolf out of the breakfast parlour and into the gardens. At least he couldn't break anything here.

Fen wasted no time in sitting me down on his lap under the first tree we came too and burying his face into my neck.

I knew what was coming, but that didn't mean it was any less painful when his fangs elongated and bit down into my neck, re-creating the scar that was already starting to fade. The pain only lasted seconds before I started to feel such a wonderful contentment that I forgot why I had ever left this very man.

"You took that well little girl."

Fenrir told me gruffly, apologising in his own way for the pain he knew he caused.

He remained silent for a few moments before asking me the question I knew was coming since he first scented me in the hallway,

"Why do you smell different, little girl?"

I knew he deserved the truth but that did not make it any easier for me to cancel the spells placed around my stomach and place his hand over my growing belly.

His hand remained still for only moments before I was spun round to look into his shocked face. His hands and eyes searched my stomach wildly, as if he wasn't quite sure what to believe.

"A cub?"

I nodded and he growled. That was correct – we were having a baby. A cub. My baby, his cub – our child.

"Why did you leave Adryid? You left... with our cub - how could you do that to me?"

Fenrir asked me with clear anger in his voice, but paired with a gentle touch to my mark too let me know he wasn't too mad.

Stuttering over my words I tried my best to explain,

"We'd only been together a month before I discovered my pregnancy. I...I wasn't sure how you would react and I couldn't bear to be abandoned again. So I left - before you could leave us."

Fenrir growled at me, clearly not pleased with my answer and clamped his hands around the back of my neck, drawing our eyes together.

Brown to Hazel.

"You stupid girl. You're my mate, that child is my cub. I will never ever leave either of you."

Releasing his grip on my neck, Fenrir paced around the garden, occasionally throwing his hands to the side as if he was trying to use up extra energy away from my side.

"I searched for you! I never stopped looking for you. Especially last month, over Christmas, I thought you would be home from Hogwarts and I searched Newcastle frantically. But you never came."

Nodding slowly, I rose to my feet and approached the shaking werewolf timidly.

"I regretted leaving you every single day Fen. But I had to do what I thought was best for our cub."

With that signaling the end of our conversation I wrapped my arms around him and allowed him to pull me up so my legs rested around his waist and our eyes were level. He slowly kissed my mating bite and gruffly stated,

"Never again. You're not leaving again."

Bringing our lips together, we finally reunited after so long.

"Not that this little scene isn't touching, but Greyback, I'm sure you came into my manor for a reason."

Lucius drawled out angrily as he came upon my position wrapped around Fen.

My mate slowly dropped me to the floor and took a few steps in front of me. He then looked at Lucius and then at me and something seemed to click in his head.

"Wait Adryid...what are you doing here? I thought you were muggleborn."

Lucius snorted and began to approach us but Fenrir wouldn't let him too close to me.

"Don't Be ridiculous Greyback. This is my niece, Adryid Malfoy-Riddle, we just discovered her ancestors yesterday."

I nodded to confirm my Uncle's declaration, taking Fenrir's hand.

"I had no idea."

Suddenly I realized I had not re-cast the spells over my stomach and while my Uncle could not properly view me at the moment, he would be hugely suspicious if I started casting the spell now. Turning around slowly I walked towards the jumper Fenrir had discarded at the start of his pacing and quickly put it over my head. Looking down, I wasn't completely safe but it would be good enough to prevent a sudden discovery of my pregnancy by anyone who saw me.

I walked back to the 2 men in my life and smiled at my Uncle Lucius,

"I will leave you two to discuss whatever it was Fenrir came here for."

Fenrir tried to stop me from leaving but I waved him off with a gentle hand,

"It's okay Fen. I will just be in the parlor with my Aunt. Come find me when you're done."

Walking into the Manor once more I soon found my Aunt resting on one of the larger sofas, the picture of elegance. Placing her book down as soon as she saw me she leaped up and frantically placed her hands on my shoulders.

"Dear girl, what was all of that about? How do you know Fenrir?"

But apparently Fenrir has a very quick message to deliver as he answered for me,

"Adryid is my mate and will be staying with me from now on."

Rolling my eyes at the shocked look of my Aunt and the furious look of my Uncle I turned to my mate and cocked a hand upon my hip,

"And what about my NEWTs Fen? I have to return to Hogwarts, for the next 2 months, at least, so I can finish my lessons."

"Absolutely not! You got away from me once girl, I'm not leaving you so you can do it again!" Prowling around me he breathed in my ear and placed a slight kiss upon my raw mark,

"I'm not leaving my cub or their mummy."

"Greyback you step away from my niece at once, what the hell have you done to her neck?!"

My Aunt demanded and I squeaked in embarrassment, trying desperately to explain.

"It's okay Aunt Narcissa, it heals quickly."

Lucius shook his head at sat down upon his armchair,

"Do not think we will not be discussing this further Adryid. However, there is a meeting tonight and I need to prepare you."

My heart stopped.

"A death eater meeting?"

I managed to squeak out feeling suddenly out of my depth and terrified. Growing up a muggleborn death eaters were the stuff of nightmares and now my Uncle expected me to attend one?

"Yes, we cannot delay any longer. I should have taken you to him last night but I thought you would like some time to rest. We must take you to him tonight or he will never forgive me for hiding you from him."

Him? Surely he couldn't mean he-who-must-not-be-named?

"You will be with your Uncle and I the whole time. No harm will come to you mate, I promise."

Nodding my head at him but being unable to meet my family in the eye I dashed up the stairs to my room and collapsed upon my bed. Barely giving Fenrir a spare thought apart from to snuggle closer to him as he wrapped his arms around my shaking form.

"You need to get ready Adryid, we cannot be late to meet the Dark Lord."

Scurrying around my room I flung open the wardrobe my Aunt told me was full of my mother's old clothes and rummaged frantically for something suitable to meet the Dark Lord. What does one wear too meet an evil dictator?

Sighing at my hopelessness, Fenrir joined my searching and quickly came a nice very dark red dress robe. I stripped off the jumper and dress I was wearing previously and stepped into the red robe Fenrir held open for me. I turned so he could tie the corset-like ties at the back and sighed when I realised there was no point tightening them till I re-cast the spells over my stomach.

With a flick of my wrist my wand fell into my hand (wand holsters were handy things) and I re-cast the spells surrounding the concealment over my babe. For a second I thought they wouldn't take, but they shimmered into being and I breathed a sigh of relief. Spinning me round to face him Fenrir growled and frantically placed a hand over our cub,

"Why do you do this mate? Are you ashamed of our cub?"

Shaking my head frantically I dispelled his claim,

"Of course not Fenrir! I love our cub more than anything but it was not safe for me to appear pregnant before as a muggleborn in this war and now it is not safe to be going to see the Dark Lord and have our biggest vulnerability on show."

Nodding his head, my mate seemed to accept my plea but placed a hand over m mating mark,

"You will wear your hair up and not hide my mark, it should offer you protection against others of my species."

"I'm proud to be your mate Fenrir, I would never want to hide your mark."

I told him as I spelled my hair up, into a braided platinum bun.

I had just finished tying the strings of a black Malfoy cloak around my shoulders when a knock sounded on my bedroom door and my Uncle Lucius came into my room, purposefully not sparing a glance at my werewolf.

"Are you ready Adryid?" I nodded at my Uncle and took his offered arm as Fenrir activated his dark mark and sent us all hurtling towards the Dark Lord.

For once in my life, I didn't fall face first onto the entrance hall. That may have only been because Fenrir and Lucius took an arm each and steadied me - but it still counted.

Before I could get my bearings, Fenrir pulled me slightly away from my Uncle and lead me toward the gathering of death eaters seated around a long table, with the Dark lord seated at the head of the table. My heart wouldn't stop pounding as he lead me towards the scariest man alive today. Our feet stopped and I took Fenrir's lead to kneel before the leader and keep my eyes close to the floor as Fenrir introduced me,

"My Lord, may I present my mate, Adryid Malfoy-Riddle."

The Dark Lord hissed suddenly and grabbed my chin, forcing my eyes to meet his. I could feel Fenrir shaking besides me but trying desperately to keep his instincts to protect me from his master buried.

The Dark Lord held out his hand and helped me too my feet. I could hear my heart pounding frantically, so it must have been driving Fenrir's sensitive hearing mad.

"How is it you are alive, Adryid?"

At that point my Uncle Lucius rose from his seat and placed a hand on my shoulder,

"We are not sure, my Lord. We believe someone must have stolen her from her nursery the night my sister perished and taken her to a muggle orphanage, in muggle Newcastle of all places."

The Dark Lord nodded to Lucius but dismissed him with a wave.

"Do you know who I am to you, Adryid?"

I shook my head at his question when my voice wouldn't work for my fear.

"I am your Father."