Chapter 11... Autumn Air.
(the nourishment she needs for preparation of the next shock)
Days pass placidly – Lucius generates small talk between them, but no more than that.
Then…
An owl comes from the outside, to Narcissa – shattering the window just to enter. She recognises its sharp beak and beautiful feathers – it's Bellatrix's owl Rina. The note is short:
Funeral for Druella and Cygnus Black: November 23th.
Narcissa smiles, in spite of herself. Now Lucius will have to let her out.
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There is almost no one at the funeral – only the preacher, Lucius, and herself. (Bellatrix was with the Dark Lord, Andromeda in hiding.) She sighs, inhaling the cool autumn air.
(She hasn't breathed real air since a month ago.)
The preacher drones on and on, and Lucius (on her right) dozes off. She gently shakes him awake at the very end, and they stand up to pay their respects.
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At the manor, as she is opening a bottle of firewhiskey, is when the fear begins to sink in.
(What will happen to her now?)
She's stuck here, forever.
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