Chapter 8
I also want to note the following to the readers. Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort, died at the age of 16 when he tried his hand at making a Horcrux. There were no wars, Harry's parents are still alive. Bellatrix and all dark wizards are in Azkaban for crimes against the Wizarding community and the use of dark magic. Please note this also brings up the fact the Longbottoms are also alive too. Bellatrix didn't get to them as she and the following dark wizards: Rabastan, Rodolphus, and Bartemius Crouch Jr were in Azkaban at the time. Disclaimer, J.K. Rowling is the rightful owner of the Harry Potter series. I am the owner of the plot alone and a few characters. Thank you. :) Please as a warning along in this chapter may be sensitive to physical abuse. Thank you again.
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Lyra was sitting in a boardroom, her back ramrod straight listening and taking impeccable notes from a meeting led by her father and grandfather. She had learned a huge amount from shadowing both her father and grandfather around the company. Her papa did tell her he had wanted her to explore the world as there were lots to see. But her father had argued with him that he knew what was best for her, so she had told her papa that it was fine and that she loved to learn new things. The look on her papa's face told her that he had wished differently for her.
When the meeting was finally finished Lyra waited for everyone to be exit before she started to collect her things. She felt her father watching her every move, not wanting to show a sign of displeasure or discomfort. Meanwhile, her grandfather who had noticed her father staring at her smacked him on the back of his head. Lyra watched the whole exchange from the corner of her eye, and as she headed out the door, she nodded at them both. Her father was narrowing his eyes at her papa while rubbing his head. She rolled her eyes at their antics when she heard her father tell her papa off.
She nodded to each of her colleagues as she slowly walked back to her office, taking a slight detour via the office lounge to grab some coffee as she had a feeling she would need it. There was no one else there who put her mind at ease, she went to cupboards to reach for her cup and took out the milk from the fridge. Lyra poured the ingredients into her cup, adding a fair amount of sugar and then stirred it all together before blowing softly across the top to cool it down. Taking a tentative sip, she felt the warmness spread through her toes. A small smile graced Lyra's lips as she remembered that it was almost the same as the one that Miss Mia had made for her a long time ago. She tried hard to make a duplicate as it reminded her of feeling secure, safe and being at home. Without realizing it, a few tears started to slip down her cheeks as she missed Miss Mia and she desperately hoped she would be able to locate her.
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Meanwhile, in the boardroom, Lucius Malfoy was stabbing his son in his chest with his finger "I do not understand why you need to bring your daughter into the company when she was enjoying herself. I know I didn't put you in that position at that young age, I let you go gallivanting around being an Auror at the Ministry for a couple years. Why could you not give the same freedom to your daughter?" Lucius exclaimed.
Draco spoke in a calm voice, "I would rather have her here than off fooling around, here she can do something productive. She will gain many skills here, plus in the long run, she will be the chief executive of this company. No matter what her wants are, her expectations in this family are for her to continue the Malfoy Legacy. She is the oldest between her and Scorpius, I do expect a huge amount of responsibilities from her. Foremostly, she would be the real provider of the family to carry on, she has our pureblood."
"Draco we don't believe in blood purity you know that. Yes, we are from the sacred 28, a pure blood family, but we do not believe any of that anymore. We believe in this family, in pure loyalty, love for one another, and pure trust. Your mother and I didn't raise you to treat others like that at all." Lucius coldly informed his son.
"I have always been like this father, you have never accepted the fact that I asked Tracy to be my wife. You have never liked her as a daughter, you would rather have that mudblood no good gold digger of a woman." Draco shouted.
Lucius shook his head, he couldn't believe what was coming out of his son's mouth. He knew this wasn't his son, that he had been brainwashed to believe that rubbish. Lucius and his wife made sure that they didn't teach him.
"I don't know you, my son, anymore. I wish one day you will wake up from this nonsense soon because if you don't something big is going to happen and smack you right in the face." Lucius told Draco as he walked out the door.
Lucius didn't want to hear his son's voice anymore, he was annoyed by the fact that Draco had brought Lyra to learn about the company. She should be having fun, enjoying herself, having the fun adolescence she was never allowed to have. His grandson was out courting his future wife. Heaving a deep sigh, Lucius decided to go and check on his granddaughter, he had a feeling she may need some laughter now that the meeting had finally finished.
He walked over to her office, her secretary Kelly was busy putting some files in the cabinet. Lucius patiently waited for Kelly to notice him, it seemed as if she had twenty folders in her arms while one was in her mouth. He rolled his eyes as he sat down on the nearest chair trying hard to resist the urge to start drumming his fingers on the desk. He didn't blame her as he knew very well how demanding Lyra could be when she was under pressure. Releasing a huff of breath Lucius decided to just go right into Lyra's office, he rubbed his head as he wondered why on earth he didn't do that in the first place.
Lyra's back was turned as she was sipping a cup which he assumed was hot chocolate, a small smile graced his lips. She turned around and gave a smile when he stepped in, he knew that she was a very intuitive person and would have sensed his presence. Lyra placed her cup on the edge of her desk, far away from all the files that littered it and went around to give him a hug. He dropped a small peck on her head, and he could feel her shoulders start to shake softly as she released all the tension that she had accumulated from the meeting. Lucius gently held her in his embrace, as he felt her slowly regain back her energy.
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