So I just realized I had left out a part of the story when I was uploading it...and this is the missing chapter! I hope you enjoy and are not to upset with me.


After that day, he and Lucius started to fall back in their routine as Draco had returned to Hogwarts a few days after but an emptiness could still be felt in the Manor; looking into Lucius' eyes he knew the blonde felt it too. It was week after, as he sat with Lucius' in the kitchen for lunch that he realized how wrong it felt. He didn't sit here for lunch, he had always sat in the garden with her so without a word to Lucius he abruptly stood up, took his plate and walked to the garden doors. He had to pause and take a deep breath as he pushed the doors open and walked into her garden and took his usual place at their table. He didn't eat though, he had lost his appetite as he stared at her monument and loss filled him again. He only became aware that Lucius had followed him when the man set his plate on the table as well, sitting down across from. Still, he couldn't bring himself to look at him until he felt his hand cover his on the table. Pulling his thoughts back to himself he looked at the man across from.

In a way, he probably should have apologized for his abrupt departure from the kitchen as it had been rude but he knew for once it was not needed for the man knew how much he needed this because he needed it too. From then on the two would always take their meals there, slowly letting themselves heal as they were surrounded by something that was completely hers.

Months had passed before he started noticing that something was wrong. Lucius was gone more often from the Manor and when he came back it was obvious he had been at the wrong end of a wand, whether from a duel with the Order or Voldemort, he didn't know and refused to ask. A majority of the time that he was there was spent in their bed, each session seeming to get more urgent as the next until one morning, about a year after he had arrived, it was as if Lucius refused to be satiated and he felt dread start to settle in his chest. After what felt like hours at being subject to Lucius' constant attention, the older man did something that neither had done before, even when Narcissa was alive. He was slow, different from the patience he showed the first time, almost tender and the dread that he had felt earlier spread throughout his whole being but all he could do was wrap his legs around his waist, his arms around his shoulders and bury his face in his neck, holding on as tight as he could.

He wasn't surprised when they finally parted and the blonde Death Eater stood up from the bed, not looking him in the eyes, that he was informed that Voldemort wanted him to be brought before him. For the rest of the day, Lucius seemed to avoid him so he spent the rest of it in her garden.

In a way, he appreciated this because he didn't think he could look into the mans eyes for he didn't know what he would see in them; didn't know what he wanted to see in them. As the time came for them to leave he calmly took his place next to Lucius as the older man held onto his arm and apparated them back to the place where he had been given to him. Just before they walked into the the meeting room though, Lucius did something he didn't expect as he felt the spell that held him as the man's servant fall away from him. He looked at him in confusion but the blonde just looked ahead as he entered so he followed as he knew he should.

In a way he should have expected all hell to break loose as soon Voldemort called him forward, the Dark Lord talking of making an example of him but he didn't. Instead he stood in shock as Harry came busting through the door, with countless aurors and order members immediately going on attack. When a rough shove came from Lucius he fell into Professor Lupin's shocked arms. He heard the man say something to his former professor but he didn't register it as he was immediately apparated away from the battle and into the hospital wing.

In a way, he wasn't surprised at the request that immediately fell from his lips as he realized what was going on.

In a way, he was terrified that the werewolf wouldn't be able to do it even though he nodded.