A Battle of Subtlety and Manipulation
-Harry-
Groaning Harry slammed his head into his desk, rubbing his temples he thought back to the cause of his major headache.
-Flashback-
He and his two wives were just starting to eat breakfast when dozens upon dozens of owls had swarmed him and began dropping letters on the table. "What the hell is all this?" he asked aloud in confusion.
Waving her wand Narcissa sorted it all into piles which had glowing words above them. The groups were: 'marriage contracts', 'concubine contracts', 'job requests', 'requests for a meeting', 'sponsorship requests', 'love letters', 'love letters with love potion', 'death threats', 'letters from Dumbledore', and 'cursed letters'. "It seems we made a very large impression yesterday." Narcissa said amused.
Shaking his head he asked, "Hey Narcissa you and Bellatrix know how to properly handle all of this stuff right? You parents taught you?", she nodded, "Would you two be willing to handle these things for me? I don't want to accidentally offend someone.".
"Of course Harry." Narcissa said happily, "While we do that why don't you go and get some new house elfs. Mipsy is all alone here and she might like some help.".
"I know just the elf." he said grinning before walking out, not noticing the grins that Narcissa and Bellatrix sported.
He returned two hours later with three new elfs with him. The first two were Dobby and the Crouch's elf Winky who had been given clothes at the world cup. The third elf was Dobby's cousin Tobby who agreed to come and help as well. He walked into the living room and saw that there were seven new women there besides Narcissa and Bellatrix. Raising an eyebrow he asked "What all happened while I was gone?", as he asked however he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"We answered the contracts for you master!" Bellatrix said happily as she bounced around, "We declined all of the marriage contracts first.".
"Okay that's good." he said cautiously.
"Then we sent the love potioned letters, the death threats, and cursed letters to Amelia Bones who is Head of the DMLE to investigate." Narcissa said more calmly.
"Definitely good." he said relieved.
"And then we got you a wardrobe specialist, a personal trainer, a secretary, and four concubines!" Bellatrix continued still happy.
For the second time that month he felt himself fainting only this time he had enough thought to mentally decide he was never giving Narcissa or Bellatrix that much power ever again.
-End Flashback-
He was now in his desk waiting to meet with the new girls one at a time as they were there for good or until they went against their contract. First was his personal wardrobe designer who Narcissa said would make sure I looked the part for any situation and would help make good clothes. Finally she walked in and sat down. She had blonde hair that was a mixture of slightly frizzy and slightly curly that was surprisingly attractive. Her was white but not overly pale and her eyes a soft brown. She wore black dress pants and a white button up blouse that was slightly opened at the chest. "Hello Lord Peverell I am Iryna." the woman said in a Ukrainian accent as the interview began. All in all she was a good choice for what Narcissa wanted.
After Iryna came his personal trainer who was a pure-blood woman who was disowned from her family because she didn't want to marry her cousin. She had long blonde hair, white skin, and light green eyes, she also looked to be about Narcissa's age before she took the potion. Her name was Samantha but she preferred Sam and she was going to work on keeping him in good physical shape.
After Sam was his new secretary Alice who was a half-blood in her early twenties who was unable to find a job due to pure-blood stigma. She had lightly tanned skin, chocolate brown hair, and brown green (AN: Think of the 'Elevator Girl' from the movie Liar Liar as I was watching that scene when I designed her) eyes which seemed slightly scared as she nervously entered the office. After she calmed down he found her to be a very pleasant person.
Finally it was the interview he had been dreading, the concubines. First in was another Ukrainian woman by the name of Daryna. She had flawless white skin, white-blonde hair that seemed to be made of light and deep blue eyes. She was seventeen years old and she had been sold as his concubine as that would allow her to keep her surname as she was the only child of her family and if she didn't do this it would die out. Her parents hoped to have powerful heirs through him to rekindle their families. Before she was sold off she had loved to sing.
The other three concubines were also from Ukraine and had been friends before being sent here all for the same reason as Daryna. The second girl was named Kateryna, she had long blonde hair that turned brown at the tips, a slight tan, and grey eyes. She was also extremely mischievous and loved to just goof off and have fun and loved flying.
The third girl was named Nataliya and was just as fun loving as Kateryna was. She had nut brown hair that went just past her shoulders and deep forest green eyes. While Kateryna loved flying Nataliya loved to swim.
The last girl was named Larisa and she was the most accepting of the group, very little seemed to bother her. She had dark black hair and silvery grey eyes as well as a perfect hourglass figure. Before she had come here she had been hoping to become an artist.
Finally Narcissa and Bellatrix walked into the office and he sealed the door behind them, "What were you thinking?" he demanded, "I can understand hiring Sam, Alice, and Iryna but why did you sign four concubine contracts?".
"Two reasons Harry," Narcissa said soothingly trying to calm him down, "first was that I wanted to surround you with as many women who could give you love as possible after the life you had growing up." this statement made Bellatrix growl as she despised the Dursleys after hearing about them.
"And the second?" he asked slightly calmer as he could somewhat understand as he saw how upset she was over his childhood.
"This was best for them," she said surprising him, "the family was desperate as the four families were allies but the parents were dying and they wanted to ensure their lines were continued and their daughters taken care of. The only other person who was willing to agree was a lecherous old man who I had a feeling was tied to the Dark Pureblood group of Ukraine and wanted to end their lines as their four families are their countries light family leaders.".
Sighing he slumped in his chair, "Alright but please ask me first next time. I've been kept in the dark most of my life and I hate it.".
"Of course Harry." Narcissa said relieved before giving him a light kiss.
That night at Dinner Alice turned to him and said, "Mr. Peverell…" she began before he held a hand up.
"Please just call me Harry, that goes for all of you," he said eyeing everyone at the table, "I don't like to be addressed by Lord, Sir, or Mr. by people I actually like or have respect for. Otherwise I feel like I'm in trouble.".
Giggling for a moment Alice continued, "Well Harry," she added extra emphasis on his name, "you have a meeting tomorrow. A person wants to meet to try and convince you that she would be a good wife and while I don't like it she has a lot of influence and could be dangerous if we get on her bad side.".
"Who is it?" I asked curiously.
"Lady Zabini." Narcissa said when Alice hesitated, "I don't trust her so I want at least one of us in the office under your invisibility cloak to make sure she doesn't try anything. She's a Black Widow and has killed every husband she has ever had.".
"Oh joy," he muttered "well this will be interesting.".
-Next Day-
Sitting behind his desk he made sure his wand was strapped to the inner panel so he could lay his hand on is and send a curse through the desk if need be. Narcissa had spent the last day coaching him on what to do and say to make sure that he didn't do anything wrong. Finally Alice showed the Italian Black Widow into his office before excusing herself.
As she sat down he took a moment to fully take in the deadly beauty. She looked to be around twenty five and her hair was mostly a dark brown but there were streaks of a lighter more amber like brown, her eyes were an almost glowing amber and her skin had a healthy tan.
"Lady Zabini," he said politely once she was seated, "now according to my secretary you said you wished to discuss a marriage between us?".
"Yes I did Lord Peverell," she said before shooting her wand forward faster than he could see and binding him in ropes, "and I am going to get it.". Reaching into her dress she pulled out a vial of golden potion that had flecks of pink in it, "This is a very difficult potion to make Lord Peverell. You see when a drop of blood is added to it designates that person as the 'effector' so to speak. Whoever drinks this potion after I add my blood will be madly in love with me with no way of reversing it. I created this concoction myself and there is no cure. You shall be my greatest conquest yet but I think I shall take a few years to bare a few children for you so that I can keep the control over the Wizenagamot. Now for the blood.".
However as she reached for a knife she was hit with a stunner from Bellatrix as she came out from under the cloak. "Good job Bella," he said relieved as he had been panicking thinking that she had been unable to get into the room before Lady Zabini did, "now untie me so we can send this trash to prison.".
"I have better idea master Harry." Bellatrix said before she quickly cut his finger and added the blood to the potion, before he could say anything she dumped the potion down the throat of Lady Zabini.
"Why did you do that?" he asked shocked.
"She wanted to make you a conquest and bear your children to have their power." Bellatrix said shrugging, "Now she will be a wife and will bear children but will be loyal to you. Now you have another wife and she has had seven husbands she has killed so she has a lot of gold and power.
Before he could respond she enervated Lady Zabini who looked at him with love in her eyes before she ran up to him and sat in his lap, wrapping her legs around his waist as she covered his face with kisses while mumbling "My love." under her breath.
AN: Okay everyone I have decided on all of the wives at this point but one. For the last wife, Lady Gryffindor, I want to know whether or not people want Susan Bones or Amelia Bones more so the voting pole will be open for the next four days.
AN2: Updates for my stories may be slower for a while as I have just moved into my college and am trying to get settled in with my classes and everything.
