BELLAMORT: POP: POWER OBSESSION AND PASSION.
Author Notes: I don't own the characters and names of the places, all that is property of JK Rowling and Warner Bros.
A/N: There are some modifications of the time line, because that was the idea in first place.
Chapter 21: Christmas.
Bella woke up that morning in a bed completely different in a different room, she hardly knew. Her black eyes opened slowly, she was still asleep, probably from drinking wine the night before, but strangely she did not remember anything, yet. Feeling strange, she looked around, it was obvious that she was alone in that room, and she try to remember where she was and why she was there, and most importantly why she was naked.
Her eyes closed again and when she opened a few seconds later, her lips could not hide a smile, she was in the Riddle Manor, in his room on his bed. She slowly could remember the events of last night, both decorating the mansion, and then the wine, just the wine and their clothes on the floor.
Her arm which was not under her body in the position she was in bed, tried to reach the body of someone who was not in the room. Her face turned and her smile faded.
"Of course"
She thought, feeling used by seconds, though it was obvious that he had used her, he had been using her throughout her life and that would happen in the future, because Bella couldn't deny anything to the man she loved, she had not been able to deny even her body.
However, as she tried to imagine Lestrange's face when he discovers that his future wife was no longer pure, and had been in bed with someone else even without being married. Many times these things were not important, but in the wizarding world, between powerful families, the purity of a woman before marriage, was important. But Bella didn't worry about it; she was amused, because she knew since last night that Rodolphus Lestrange would never lay a finger on her.
She belonged to him now, and that was something she would not change, only if Tom might be tired of her.
Speaking of the devil, the door opened at that time and Tom came in, he did not bother to look at her, he knew from the moment he had opened the door, she was awake.
"Good morning, Bella."
He waved as he walked to the desk, looking for something in a drawer.
She smiled at him and returned the greeting:
"Good morning Tom."
He smiled when he found what he was looking for, a small black velvet box with a green ribbon. With the object in his hands he approached the bed and sat next to Bella. She looked at him curiously, hoping he wasn't going to give her a gift for what had happened overnight, that would just be humiliating.
But Tom was planning to do exactly that, give a gift to her, though not with the same intentions as she feared.
Tom kept that friendly smile he wore when he wanted to achieve something, this time he just wanted to keep her by his side. The reasons weren't clear, yet weren't clear for Tom, it was obvious that he didn't love her, because he had an inability to understand love...
"Maybe..." -Tom thought- "...She could be mine."
It was the first time the young Riddle thought about it, the reason was obvious, the child of the first years of Hogwarts had become a man and a man for more powerful than he is, has its weaknesses, he was weak he had discovered that his weakness was the body of the witch who was now in his bed, he would not allow anyone else to touch his Bella. Of course, this decision shall only last for a while, a considerable time, until Bella would have to marry Lestrange.
He took a hand of Bellatrix and put the black velvet box on the hand.
"Merry Christmas Bella"
Bellatrix was surprised she didn't expect a Christmas gift from him, she wasn't expecting any gift from him after what happened, what they shared was enough for her. But she couldn't hide her smile as her hand wrapped on the small box.
Bella quickly untied the green ribbon that held the box closed and then opened this to find a ring and necklace, both with a small head of a raven.
"It's beautiful, Tom, thanks."
She did not know what else to say, she really was still stunned by what had happened within hours.
Tom placed the necklace around her neck, still naked, and then kissed her forehead. If he wanted to have her, he knew he had to play the pieces well.
Bella was surprised, but she would not complain at the way he was behaving, she enjoyed it, but inside she knew it would not last forever.
Tom got out of bed and walked to the door, opened it slowly, still thinking about what he wanted to do with her, and before closing the door behind him, he stared at her with his characteristic cool voice, he said:
"You're mine Bellatrix"
Bella blinked a second to understand what he had said, and couldn't help laughing when the door closed.
"Oh poor Rodolphus." -She thought, amused.-
Immediately after Tom left the room, she began to dress, and placed the ring he had given her.