Couple discusses their future.
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"What will happen now, my Lord?" Bellatrix asked in a breathless, tremulous voice. She was shaking from pure excitement, the Dark Mark freshly inscribed upon the flesh of her arm, and she gazed longingly from it to her master. Surely now, now that she belonged to him properly…
"Are you expecting something, Bellatrix?" he asked sardonically. "Do you expect a reward of some sort for pledging your life to me?"
"No, my Lord, nothing of the sort!" she cried. "I only meant…"
"What, Bellatrix? What is it you want from me, then? Do not lie, I know that you have desires that you believe me to be willing to fulfil…"
"I–" Her voice cracked and tears of shame began to burn her eyes – she was only just able to blink them back. "It is… I only…"
"Speak, Bellatrix!"
"I desire you, my Lord!" she cried, in an agony of mortification. A tear broke free of her lashes and she dashed it away. "And I only hoped that perhaps – perhaps if I served you well, I might… for a reward…" She trailed off pathetically.
The Dark Lord glared at her with a look that sent shivers down her spine while she shrunk away in pure terror. She had never seen her master looking so angry with her. "I am sorry, my Lord, I did not mean to presume… please forgive me, Master, I beg of you…"
"Silence."
Bellatrix shut her mouth immediately and stared imploringly at him, trembling from fear, and he considered her. She did not dare to meet his eyes, but instead focussed on the floor just before him, glancing up worriedly every few moments. The pause seemed to last for hours.
"Someday, perhaps," he said at last, quite quietly. "Someday you may be rewarded as you desire."