Victorian Grange in Jordan
Hermione stared at Lee in disbelief, no. Not disbelief, she knew what Draco was capable of but to hear it from someone else's mouth. "How do you know this Lee?" She asked in fear, if Malfoy was already aware that she'd been told, that a servant knew of his plan…Lee would be dead before dawn and she taken away from her home to elope. Master Malfoy was very gentlemanly, very charming…yet very two-faced.
Lee bowed his head. "Word has passed from his personal servants. It was a passing conversation, one I was privy to mil…Hermione." He says ashamedly. It was not within a servants right to betray the households' secrets however this was one he couldn't allow to stay quiet. It was considered taboo for a servant to love his superiors but that was what he was, taboo. He had fallen for his lady-mistress as well as being something most in this day and age feared and condemned.
"We must tell my mother and father!" She exclaimed getting up, only to be pulled down as screams echoed throughout the house. "Forgive me lady. I could do nothing." As thundering footsteps were heard on the landing Lee drew back and busied himself in the task of reheating the coals in the coal pan.
"HERMIONE THEY'RE DEAD!" Neville all but ran into the room. "Murder! Murder!" he cried hysterically. "I couldn't do anything…I didn't even know! I walked in…they were dead!" Hermione stood up and took Neville's hand, slapping his gently but firmly across the face.
"Get hold of yourself. Who's dead?" She asked fearfully.
"Lord and Lady Granger." Neville sobbed, collapsing on the bed and clutching the clothing.
"Mother? Father?" Hermione paled and would have collapsed had it not been for Lee's quick reaction, placing a chair behind her to collapse into.
Lee bowed before her and kept his head down. Hermione's gaze was sharp as she studied him. "You knew!" Her tone was cold and Lee visibly flinched. "Did you kill them?" She demanded to know, all reason gone from her mind.
"Milady I would ne'er!" Lee gasped in shock. "Milady I do beg forgiveness…I knew his Lord and Ladyship were to be murdered this night but…I was naught in this plan! You must believe me."
Her mind was run wild. Her best friend and most trusted above any had known the plot to kill her parents but had done nothing…did that mean he knew who had killed them? She opened her mouth to ask but no sound came out. Too shocked and hurt to think he'd betrayed her…after she'd trusted him…what was going on? Why was the world so mixed up?!
I never did get the nine reviews I requested but…oh well you win some and I lose them. Thank you though to my six reviewers who told me I had to update…I mean how long has it been since I last updated? A year? I can't remember either way.
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