"A witch?!" Felix said. "Are you sure?"
"Positive." Adrien said.
"I always knew Lila was more than what she seemed but I never thought she would be a witch."
"She's very reason why our family is suffering. I foolishly pursued her for...what you people today call a one night stand and now she's cursed our entire bloodline. It would be one thing if it was just me she wanted to suffer but my family and my...my love...my beautiful Marinette."
"Who?"
"The only woman I ever loved, she was snatched away from me by the devil woman's jealousy. If only she had killed me and spared her to marry another, one more worthy and let my family be happy."
"So what do we do?"
"I don't know but I swear I won't let her hurt anyone in our family and I suggest we show her and the rest of the world that the Agrestes are thriving."
"How? I've lost my business."
"Just leave it to me."
The next morning Adrien went down to the harbor to talk with the head fisherman there. With some hypnotic puersasion he was able to get him to fish for them. Pretty soon the Agreste fishing business was back. When he wasn't reviving Felix's business, Adrien was spending time with his family such as helping Bridgette with house work, playing with Daniel, talking with Emilie (mainly to get information about this time period) and assisting Nino with the impossible tasks that Chloe would assign him.
"Okay ready?" Adrien said. He and Daniel were playing catch outside that evening. "Go long!" He said throwing it.
"I got it!" Daniel said running to catch it. "Nice throw Uncle Adrien."
"It's all in the wrist." He picked up the boy and put him over his shoulders. "Let's get back inside, your mother should have dinner ready."
Once inside he saw Mari in the Agreste library. Once they were close to the dining room he put Daniel down.
"You go on ahead I'll catch up."
"Okay." The boy said.
Adrien went to the library and watched as the pretty maid stood on a high ladder organizing books on the shelf. Suddenly her foot slipped and she fell off, at great speed he rushed over and caught her.
"Oh! Mr. Agreste!" She gasped.
He looked down at her, she blushed.
"I didn't see you come in. I was just um...um...organizing the books in the library and...I fell...how clumsy and stupid of me."
"That's quite alright it can happen to anyone." He said. "Are you hurt?"
"No...Thank you."
He put her down.
"So can I help you with anything Mr. Agreste?"
"Please call me Adrien."
"Well Adrien if there's anything you need just ask me and I'll be right on it."
She went back to organizing books but this time on the bottom shelf. As she worked Adrien watched her with the utmost fascination.
"Is something wrong?" She asked.
"No. Not at all it's just that it's been so long since I've seen such..."
"Such?"
"Nothing. Mari I'm curious what was your life like before you came here?"
"There's not much to tell and what I can tell is just horrible."
"Tell me."
"Well I don't remember where I came from or my parents or anyone else important in my life before. I just woke up one day by the shore with no memory of anything just a voice calling out Mari and something else but I can't remember what it was."
"What happened then?"
"I met a woman named Alya who was kind enough to let me stay with her until I got something to help me remember but whenever I went to sleep I kept having strange dreams, weird images that kept flashing in my mind. I talked to a doctor and for some reason they thought I was insane so they sent me to this horrible asylum where I was subjected to painful shock therapy."
Adrien gripped his fists and barred his fangs when he heard of those people hurt his beloved.
"But despite the pain I felt and being kept in the dark they never broke me." She said. "Alya found me and helped me escape, after that I left that town and came here. I think what gave me hope was this." She showed him the ring on her finger. "It's the only clue from my past and I believe someone who loved me very much gave me this."
"I did." He whispered not thinking.
"What?"
"I mean they did. They probably did, whoever it was. Tell me where is this asylum?"
"The next town ten miles from here."
"And who was your doctor?"
"Dr. Ravencroft, a mad man if you ask me. I wouldn't be surprised if some of his methods were illegal."
"Me either, well goodnight Mari if you'll excuse me I need to take care of some business."
"Good night Adrien."
She went downstairs for dinner. Adrien then left the mansion and went on a little trip to the next town.
"Hello can I help you?" A nurse from the local asylum asked.
"Yes, I would like to see Dr. Ravencroft about a particular matter." Adrien said.
...
The next morning Lila sat in her office drinking wine while reading the newspaper with two important headlines that really caught her attention.
AGRESTE FISHING BUSINESS COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND IN OTHER NEWS PHYSIOLOGIST DR. RAVENCORFT IS FOUND DEAD, MURDER IS SUSPECTED.
"Oh Adrien what did you do?" She asked while grinning. "Jean!"
"Yes Miss Rossi."
"I'd like for you to schedule a meeting with Mr. Agreste."
"Alright I'll call Felix-"
"No not Felix, Adrien."
"Yes ma'am."
Adrien was called to meet her at 3:33 am, the witching hour. He found her lounging on the table with a cup of wine smoking a cigarette.
"You called me?" He asked.
"You know Adrien I was reading the paper this morning and I read two things that really interested me."
"What would that be?"
"My best fisherman quit to work with your family business and then my old friend Dr. Ravencroft was found this morning with his throat torn out."
"You're friends with Dr. Ravencroft?"
"Well he wasn't really my friend more like my minion. You'd be surprised how desperate he was for my body, he was willing to do anything for it even declare little Mari legally insane and subject her to illegal and painful methods."
"So it's your fault my sweet Marinette suffered that torture."
"Oh you should've heard her scream. It was music to my ears."
In one swift move he seized her by her throats and pinned her to the wall.
"You heartless demon!" He shouted.
"Ah, ah, careful. We wouldn't want her to go over the cliffs twice now would we?" She asked raising her finger.
He realesed her.
"Look Adrien I admit I was pretty pissed when you dumped me for her but I'm willing to start over."
"What are you talking about?"
"Think about it, my business and yours are the best in all of France imagined if they partnered up, your family would be richer then they've ever been. Of course there is one little catch. You must only give your body, your lust, and your love to me."
"So basically I have to be your sex slave?"
"No just my devoted lover."
"Do you honestly after everything you've done to me, to my family, and to my love that I would even consider that? Sleeping with you is what got me in trouble in the first place. You must be drunk or out of your mind because that will never happen."
"Fine but let me warn you if I can't have you then I'll destroy you and your family starting with your little virgin Mari."
"And I will fight you until you burn him in Hell. Because I vow you will not touch them."
"Do you really think she'll ever love you? Once she learns what you are she will fear you and what if your thirst for blood. You and I both know you crave it if you can keep hanging around her sooner or later you will drain her dry."
"Stay away from us!" With that said he left but Lila was never one to give up easily.