His kiss is her death wish
Chapter 3 – Narcissa
The Dark Lord stood in the darken room with two motionless bodies inside and one, crying in the corner. He was staring at the bed.
"Did you know what was going on?" He asked, eyes narrowed in the slim figure it the corner.
"Yes, My Lord." She answered, her eyes never leaving the bed.
"And why didn't you tell anyone about it, Narcissa?" He asked, feeling the anger building up inside him. He felt his heart's pathetic try to beat once again and almost flinched from the feeling.
"Lucius knows…but I told him not to tell anyone." Narcissa whispered. She gave The Dark Lord a brief look and then her eyes turned to the bed again. "He wasn't always like this." She added and made a step towards the bed.
Her sister wasn't moving. Rodolphus wasn't moving as well, but she didn't care. She just wished that Bella was alive.
"And why didn't you tell anyone else?" The Dark Lord asked with narrowed eyes. Narcissa stood still as a statue. She knew how this was going to end.
"I don't know, My Lord." Narcissa answered. "It is not my secret to tell."
"Even if it means to help your only sister?" The Dark Lord asked sounding amused, but Narcissa knew better to recognize the anger in his voice. "Hm…" he added, "I thought that the Blacks were noble. It seems I was mistaken. "He looked at her like he was seeing her for the first time. "You are so different from your sister, Narcissa. She would never hide such a thing. Bellatrix would do everything in her power to help you. You, on the other hand, are a coward – just like your husband."
Narcissa didn't dare to say a word or move, so she stood there silent and watched as The Dark Lord stormed out of the room.
Narcissa Black sat in a large living room, the dim light softly embracing her. A book was placed in her lap, but she wasn't reading it. Her thoughts were somewhere else. She could hear the yelling from her father's study. She was sick and tired from the constant fights over her sister Andromeda. Narcissa knew what was going to happen if her bigger sister doesn't stop seeing this Mudblood. She tried to talk to Andy about her so called relationship with this boy, but Andromeda didn't want to hear a word.
"You don't have power over me, father!" Cissy heard her sister yell.
"I am your father, Andromeda, and while you're a part of this family you will do as I say!" Her father yelled back and Narcissa heard a bang. May be her father hit the desk with a fist. Again.
"Well, may be I won't be a part of it for long then!" Andromeda screamed and Narcissa heard her storm out of the room.
She gave a long sigh and opened the book that was stiffly lying in her lap. She didn't want to think about this. She knew her sister very well. She knew what was going to happen.
Narcissa opened her eyes and jumped in the armchair from a loud bang on the door. She hadn't noticed that she had fallen asleep. She heard Bella's voice from the hallway and before she could understand what she was saying, she heard her sister's leather boots coming trough the hall and seconds later Bella entered the living room with another loud bang. She scanned the room and when she spotted her youngest sister, she almost ran to her with wide eyes and a big smile on her face.
"You will never believe what happened tonight!" Bella said and sat in the other armchair across her baby sister.
"Let me guess. You got really drunk and you had sex with the Lestrange boy again." Cissy answered and gave her sister a smirk.
"No, silly, that's going to happen tomorrow night. And you are invited, Rod's manor. Malfoy will be there as well." Bella said. "It's something a lot more bigger than that. I joined Him!"
"You did what?" Narcissa couldn't believe what she just heard.
"I joined The Dark Lord!" Bella almost sang and lifted her left sleeve to show a brand new tattoo of a skull and a snake.
"O, Merlin!" Narcissa whispered. "It's real. You actually did it!"
"Yes, I did it! I'm so happy, Cissy! I'm going to be his most loyal servant, his best! Rod did it, too. It was amazing. I've never felt something like this before. For the first time I'm sure I did the right thing." Bella said and ordered the house elf to bring two glasses of black wine.
"Cheers!" Cissy said with a smile. "To The Dark Lord and the new order!"
Narcissa Malfoy sat on a chair next to a four poster bed. The dim light, coming from the fireplace was softly embracing her. She whipped out a lonely tear from her face and gently took her sister's hand in hers.
"You will be all right, Bella. He won't hurt you again. I promise." She whispered to her sister as another flashback came in her mind.
"Calm down, Draco, it's time for bed." Narcissa cooed over her eight month baby boy and made another pathetic try to tug him in. Draco become fuzzy and Cissy didn't know what to do. She started to sing her son a quiet song and just when he was starting to fall asleep, Lucius came in to the room. Draco immediately opened his big gray eyes and started to cry.
"Dear, you woke him! Do you know how hard it was to put him to sleep?" Cissy whined.
"Bella is here. Better go downstairs. It's not pretty. Don't worry about Draco, I will put him to sleep." Lucius said and kissed his wife on the forehead.
"Lucius, what's going on?" She asked with a worried look on her face.
"Just go downstairs and speak with your sister, Narcissa, she will tell you everything I suppose." He said and almost literally pushed his wife out of the room.
Narcissa quickly made her way through the dark corridor and ran down the marble stairs to find her big sister standing in the doorway, covered in blood.
She almost screamed at the sight of Bellatrix and ran to her.
"Dear Merlin, Bella! How many people have you killed? Look at you!" Cissy said and looked away with disgust. She loved her sister more than anything, but she couldn't accept all of the murders and tortures.
"Come inside, don't just stand there!" She ordered and Bella followed her silently. They entered the dark living room and with a flick of her wand, Narcissa lit up a fire, while Bellatrix stood stiffly in the middle of the large room, her eyes lost in the fire.
"Dobby!" Cissy said and a tiny house elf appeared out of nowhere.
"Yes, mistress." It said and bowed down, it's long nose touching the floor. "Is there something Dobby can do for madam Malfoy?"
"Clean this mess up immediately and bring a bottle of fire whiskey." Narcissa ordered and pointed her long finger at the bloody tracks on the floor.
The house elf didn't say another word and started to clean.
"So? Aren't you going to tell me what happened? Not that I want to hear about another Death Eater rave." Narcissa sat in the armchair near the fireplace and beckoned her sister to do the same, but Bellatrix didn't move from her place.
"He tortured me." Bella whispered, her eyes still focused on the fire.
"What do you mean he tortured you? You didn't fail on your last mission, did you?" Cissy asked confused. After a long pause Bellatrix finally answered and for the first time this evening her attention was on her sister.
"No, not the Dark Lord. Rod tortured me." She said and moved closer to the fireplace.
Narcissa didn't know what to say. She couldn't believe it. Rodolphus wasn't that kind of person. He would kill and slaughter other people, but he would never touch his wife. He adored her. Much more than she ever did.
"What happened? Why would he do such a thing?" Cissy asked, afraid of the answer.
"Nothing much. I caught him with another woman. This time I couldn't take it and I killed her. I just…"
"Wait, wait! What do you mean by another woman? And what the Hell do you mean by this time?" Narcissa cut her off. This was too much information for her to handle.
"At first there were rumors among the Death Eaters. They were saying that Rod shared with them that he was cheating on me constantly. He was drunk, of course, otherwise he would never say something like this. Then when I came home from a private meeting with The Dark Lord, I saw a woman coming out of our bedroom. When she saw me she ran away. I was so shocked that I couldn't do anything. Then Rod came out of the room and when he saw me standing there, he started to apologize and said that this won't happen again." Bella said just when Dobby came with the drinks. She took a large sip from her glass and finally relaxed in the armchair.
"Someday I will kill your house elf." She added.
"Why would do such a thing? It's not too bad." Cissy said shocked.
"I don't know. I don't trust it. But I won't kill it with Avada Kedavra. It's not painfull. People don't feel a thing when they die from this curse. They fall on the ground like dolls, with their eyes wide open. You can't see the pain in their eyes. And I want it to suffer. I want it to feel everything. Someday, when it betrays you – and believe me, it will – I will kill it."
"Leave the stupid elf. There are more important things than Dobby. Tell me, did Rodolphus did it again today?" Cissy said.
"No. It happens almost everyday, Cissy. Today was just the final drop in the glass. I couldn't take it anymore. I've had enough. I had to kill her. It's been years."
Painfull silence fell over the two sisters. Narcissa didn't know what to say. It hurt her to see her sister in so much pain. She couldn't believe it. She never thought that Rod was capable of such a thing.
"Why didn't you tell me anything?" She asked quietly.
"Why should I?"
"What do you mean by that? I am your sister, for Merlin's sake!" Narcissa shirked. "I could've helped you!"
"And what would you do, Cissy?" Bella said. Her voice was calm, but Narcissa could sense the pain behind the calmness. "Do you want to end up like me?"
"Does the Dark Lord know?" She asked.
"No. You are the only one who knows. I don't want people to think I'm weak. I am not! Today I just lost control over the situation, that's all." Bellatrix said and her eyes got lost in the dying flames.
"Sweetheart, what are you going to do about this? You can't leave it like this! He might do it again!" Cissy spoke. Bella gave her a brief look and saw that her baby sister was silently crying.
"Please, don't cry." She said and took her in her arms. "Don't cry, dear. I will be all right. If it happens again, I'm going to kill him. You know me. You know that I won't allow something like this to happen again. I promise you."
"No!" Cissy choked. "I promise you. He will never hurt you again, Bella! "
"You don't have to promise me anything. I know it won't. Don't worry about me. I will be fine."
