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They both woke up sometime in the mid-afternoon, their limbs still entwined and their hands clasping tight to the others. When Aria opened her tired eyes slowly, she saw two grey orbs staring back at her. Lucius' face was so close to hers and he had dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept at all.
Truth be told he really hadn't slept much and for the past hour or so he had just been awake thinking about nothing but Aria as he studied her gorgeous face as she slept. He couldn't fathom closing his eyes and missing any moment he had left with her. His heart broke all over again when her green eyes finally awakened and instantly began watering again as silent tears fell down her streaked face.
"Don't cry my love," he huskily whispered as he reached his hand across to her face and wiped away her falling tears. He swallowed hard, trying desperately himself not to cry as well.
"How can I not? I can't live without you and they are going to take you away from me…" she wept as more tears fell down from her bright eyes. "It isn't fair Lucius. We have had so little time together. I need more time."
"I know my love," he said, as his eyes closed tightly shut against the agony of her statement.
"What will they do? Where will you go?" she said as more tears and sobs began making her breathing fast and shallow.
"They will come for me. Here…" he said darkly. "Once Narcissa and Draco hand over their testimony of what happened, they will come here to arrest me…I will be sent off to the Ministry prison first for holding, while I await trial…and then after that…" he stopped cold as his brain went numb from what he knew would happen to him after the trial. "Azkaban."
"Azkaban," Aria repeated the horrible word. She knew that place, as it was quite an infamous prison of the Wizarding World. Her body shuddered in agony for her soul mate. He didn't deserve any of this; everything he had done was to protect and avenge her. She felt a huge amount of guilt. "It's all my fault Lucius," she sobbed.
"No! Never think that! The only thing you need to know is that I will be going away to Azkaban with my head held high and that after all of this time, I finally learned how to love. And you taught me that."
He wiped her eyes again and then drew her in close to his body so that she was completely encased in his strong, loving arms. Her face was buried in his muscular chest and all she could do was breath in his scent and cry tears onto his skin, which almost burned him as he could practically feel the raw emotion and distress as it poured out of her. The power that they had felt and possessed from the night before during their love making and during the fight with Draco and Narcissa, was now gone, and now all the two of them could feel was depressive sadness.
As Lucius held her tight, Aria reached her head up to his level and pressed her lips against his urgently and hungrily. A wave of need had washed over her as he held her in his arms, and she needed to be one with him. She needed to feel him inside of her, before it was too late. Lucius was slightly taken aback by her hard and urgent kissing, as her lips pressed into his own and her tongue sought immediate entrance to his mouth. But as they kissed and as Aria clung to his body more tightly, the need he always had for her inside of him grew more and more strong and he realized he needed to be inside of her just as badly as she needed him in that moment.
Lucius reached one of his hands down and put it on the base of her back and pressed firmly against it, drawing her in even closer to his body. In response she wrapped her leg around his hip as she ground her own hips against his growing member. She continued rubbing urgently against him and he breathed out sighs of growing pleasure at the feeling of her need. Lucius desperately needed her too, and so he moved his hand from the base of her back to her hip and held her still so that her hips ceased moving against his now rock-hard cock. In one solid motion he plunged into her soft, wet depths. Aria's eyes opened wide and she inhaled a breath of emotion at his fast and sudden entrance into her hungry body. Tears streamed down her face as her mind struggled to focus between the pleasure she felt and the pain in her heart.
Lucius felt in heaven as he stayed still inside of her, allowing her to adjust to him. He then slowly pulled out until only the tip of his cock remained inside of her, and again, plunged back in up to the base of his cock, feeling every inch of her warm wetness around him as he grabbed her leg that was wrapped around his waist for leverage. As he began slowly moving in her rhythmically, he saw her eyes come back down to look into his own and he noticed her tears were falling still and yet her brow was furrowed with immense pleasure. He leaned his head in towards her face and kissed the tears off of her face, tasting her essence and trying to take away her pain. He leaned back and looked into her eyes as he continued making passionate love to her; although he still thrusted slowly, each thrust was strong and powerful as he filled her up to the hilt. As he thrust into her, he spoke to her, almost like a mantra.
"My girl." He thrust. "My love." Another thrust. "My soul." Another hard thrust.
Aria sobbed. A noise half of pleasure and half despair.
"My Lucius," she cried out into the room as his cock began moving faster and stronger within her. She clung to him ever more tightly and met his thrusts with equal fervor as she ground her hips against the base of his cock every time he plunged in all of the way. The movement caused his alabaster skin to rub up perfectly over her sensitive clit.
Lucius wished their love making could last forever. If it did, he wouldn't have to face reality; but he knew that would not be the case as his pleasure mounted higher and higher and he felt her internal trembling, the start of her orgasm growing stronger and stronger. He barely moved within her now, his thrusts were so small but so deep, Aria could practically feel him in her stomach. This caused her to be able to rub her clit more urgently over the base of his cock as he met her with his smaller thrusts of his hips. He knew this usually drove her over the edge and sure enough as he looked into her eyes, he felt the moment that her building pleasure fell over the precipice and into oblivion. Her whole body shook, her inner walls clenched and pulsated around him and she sobbed out into the room as her body and mind shattered in pleasure and pain as her heart broke into pieces. She clung tightly to him as her body continued to quake and shudder.
The clenching of her walls around him had milked his pleasure out of him so amazingly that it had caused him to follow her in bliss as he shot his seed into her. His choked voice rang out into the room along with her sobs as he shouted her name out into the air. The two lovers trembled together and clung on to each other so tightly as if trying to melt into one another. Lucius stayed inside of her and gently kissed her head as he felt her hot tears on his chest, both of them breathing hard and deep.
The two of them stayed in bed clinging to each other, never letting go. Aria's mind raced as she thought of all of the amazing moments she had shared with Lucius thus far; most of them involving their beyond passionate and magical love making. She was a magical being but nothing in her life had even come close to the power that they produced when they were together and loving each other. As she pictured all of those moments, it was almost as if her life flashed before her eyes; because truly before Lucius, she didn't know what life was or could be. After a while Aria spoke.
"I wanted forever with you Lucius. I don't think I can survive this."
Lucius' heart broke again. Since last night it had constantly been breaking ever since. He wanted forever with her too.
"I want that too my love. I wanted it all with you. A life, a home, a family."
Aria's heart beat faster at hearing his words; he wanted a family with her. She had never told him, as it had seemed silly and childish, but she always imagined that if they had children, they would be the most beautiful blond cherubs imaginable. To hear that despite their age difference, and the fact that he had already had a family and raised a child, that he wanted to experience that with her too made her heart swell in happiness but then break again as she realized they couldn't have that future now.
"A family," Aria repeated as she looked into his grey eyes.
"Yes. Marriage, children. It would be the greatest honor of my life," he said as he moved his hand up to her face to brush a hair behind her ear and gently trace his finger back down her cheek and to her chin where he lightly gripped it with his index finger and thumb. "But I was never…could never have been worthy of that…" he said as he closed his eyes in pain at the truth of it. The moment he had finally found happiness and it had all come crumbling down.
More tears fell down Aria's cheeks. "You are worthy Lucius, so worthy. It would have been my greatest honor to be yours, to bear your children…" she spoke softly. She had been on the wizarding world version of contraceptives since her and Lucius started becoming intimate, and part of her so badly wanted to take away the charm so that he could make love to her in that instant and impregnate her, to give her their child, something that she would be able to have left of him, as she would never see him again after he went to Azkaban.
He seemed to almost read her mind and she noticed his lips turn upwards in the briefest and softest of smiles, as if knowing and agreeing with her thoughts, but instead he brought her head back in close to his chest and just held her there. Aria eventually fell asleep again, but Lucius lay away and his mind raced like before. As the late afternoon turned into late night Lucius lay awake, his body refusing to let him sleep. In a few hours, the Ministry would surely be at his door wanting to arrest him. He was sure Draco and Narcissa would be at the Ministry first thing in the morning and it wouldn't take long.
At around midnight, Lucius untangled his limbs from Aria's sleeping body. He didn't want to disturb her but he knew he needed to get some things in order before he was taken away. He knew he wasn't going to sleep anyways, so he got fully dressed as quietly as possible as he put on his classic black suit with a pair of black robes on top. He pulled his hair back low on his neck. In a way he wanted to appear well groomed, so that when he was escorted from his home, he would have some of his dignity intact. He looked over at the sleeping angel in his bed one last time before he made his way down to the library. He sat at one of the large desks and pulled out some important papers such as the deeds to the Manor, records of all of his assets as well as his will and began changing and organizing everything.
At around 5:30 in the morning, Aria stirred in bed, not realizing she had been so emotionally drained. Her heart immediately starting pounding and she began panicking as she realized Lucius wasn't in bed with her anymore. Had they already come to take him? She would never forgive herself if she had missed him before he left. Not even bothering to put on any clothes she raced out of the room completely naked and cried out for him, her voice echoing in the large hallways of the Manor. Luckily as she approached the library, she saw the light from the fireplace in the library flickering, and she knew Lucius was still home.
Lucius had heard the panicked cries of Aria and immediately got up from the desk to go rush to her and comfort her, but before he could make his way out of the library, he saw her beautiful and naked body running into the room. She practically crashed into his body as she embraced him and held him tight. He held on to her just as firmly, confirming his presence to her, that he was still there, solid and real.
"I thought you had gone already," she breathed out with a sigh of relief as she buried her head into his chest. She then looked up into his eyes. He had clearly been up all night as he had dark shadows under his eyes, which made the silver-grey of his iris stand out even more.
"Not yet. Sorry to have frightened you my love. I had to get a few things in order. Come. Sit." He said motioning to the plush couch by the fire. The light of the fire glowed off of her bright blond hair and sun kissed skin. She looked beautiful, like a woodland nymph and he couldn't help but admire her and smile slightly.
He sat down at the desk again and turned to her as he motioned to the locked drawers of the desk. "Inside those drawers are all of my most important documents. This house, my assets, everything I own…it is all yours. This desk will only unlock for you, as I have set up charms that will only recognize your unlocking spell."
Aria stared at Lucius in shock, her mouth slightly hanging open. The Manor was hers…everything he had was hers. She couldn't accept it.
"Lucius, I can't! This house? I am not even a Malfoy. What about Draco?!"
Lucius' eyes narrowed at the mention of his son's name. "Draco has clearly shown that his family means nothing to him. He is why we are in this situation. You are my family, Aria. You are my soul mate. You are more a Malfoy to me than my ex-wife and son. I want you to be here. This house needs you to be able to thrive, to keep its rich history alive. I want you here. Promise me you will get rid of your flat and move here?" He looked at her with wide eyes as if pleading her to accept.
Aria did love the Manor. She had loved it since before she even knew Lucius, as she had told him all those weeks ago that she had always dreamed of this house in all of her favorite books about Wizarding history and architecture. She wouldn't let him down; she would love the house and its history as much as she loved Lucius. She would keep his memory alive. Although without him here in the Manor with her, she knew it would bring her so much pain. She didn't know what to do but she knew she had to promise him, so as to comfort him before he left.
"I…I promise," she said softly.
Lucius then explained to her more about his other assets and what they all meant and how she would be in charge of them when he was put into Azkaban. Suddenly at around 6 o'clock, a thunderously loud banging was heard at the front door. Both of them stood up, startled at the noise and both of them knew it was the Ministry. Aria ran over to Lucius and clung to him.
"NO!" She shouted as she breathed in his scent desperately as if engraining it into her memory. "I won't let you go!"
Lucius was breathing her in as well, memorizing her vanilla and roses scent he adored so much.
"I love you. I love you so much Aria," he cried out and grabbed her face in his hands roughly and kissed her with intensity.
"Malfoy open up. You are under arrest!" Shouted the Ministry officers from outside.
Aria still clung to him desperately and kissed him back as tears fell down her face. Lucius held her naked body close against him and buried his face into her hair. He wasn't sure what came over him in that moment, but he had to have her.
"I need you. One last time," he said as he reached his hands from her face down to his zipper, releasing himself in lightning speed. His cock was already hard and urgently waiting for her, and he didn't even bother taking off any of his clothing. He pulled her down to their knees on the carpet in front of the fire and laid her down on her back. In a second he was inside of her, thrusting wildly as if his life depended on it.
"Malfoy, open up we said!" came the booming voices outside.
Lucius continued thrusting in her, his eyes locked with hers, as she stared back up at him with such love and such emotion that he was paralyzed by the sight. Both of them knew the urgency of the situation and it didn't take long for Lucius to cry out as he came deep inside of her as he screamed out into the room. "I love you!"
He pulled out quickly as the banging on the door increased and the shouting outside grew more and more angry. As his seed still dripped from her at his sudden exit from her body, he quickly zipped up his pants and kneeled back down to the floor where Aria was sitting up, her knees brought in close to her chest as she hugged them close to her body. She looked so scared.
"I love you so much Aria. You are my everything, my life, everything," he said as he kissed her lips chastely a few last times.
"I love you so much Lucius," she said as the tears began to flow more and more.
With one final kiss of passion and connection he stood up and made his way out of the room. Before he turned to go out into the hallway and down the stairs to meet his fate, he turned one more time and looked at his soul mate. The tears streamed down her face, but the light of the fire was so beautiful against her and it was an image he would never forget. She stared at him, never breaking her gaze and with one final smirk from him, he went downstairs and opened the door.
"Gentlemen." Aria heard him say as he put on his haughty and arrogant voice. With that, she heard the large front doors of the Manor close, and all was silent. She began to sob and sob and cry out into the room as she lay back down on the carpet and cuddled up into herself in the fetal position. She stayed that way for hours and hours with nothing but the sound of her cries and the crackling of the fire.
After many hours, she finally got up after all of her tears were spent and she had none left to give, she knew that the Ministry would surely be buzzing at this point about Lucius' arrest. Part of her wanted to stay here in the library and never ever go anywhere ever again. She was already dreadfully late to work, but truth be told, she really didn't care at all. However, as much as she wanted to stay and just be in the Manor amongst Lucius' things and his scent, she wanted to go to the Ministry. She would be closer to him there and she would be able to get a better sense of what was happening. News traveled fast around the Ministry and she wanted to be there to hear it first.
So, she regretfully trudged her way upstairs and put on the first items of clothing she could find in her drawers of things she kept at the Manor. She pulled out a pair of black jeans and a navy-blue top with tiny white flowers around it. She looked at herself in the mirror and almost flinched as her eyes were red and puffy from crying and her tears had caused streak marks down her pink tinged cheeks. She washed her face quickly, which helped somewhat, and she added a bit of mascara to hide the puffiness of her eyes. She grabbed her purse and walked into the fireplace in his room and used Floo Powder as she made her way to the Ministry.
When she arrived in the busy atrium of the Ministry, Aria could tell that everyone was abuzz with the news about Lucius. It broke her heart to know that people were only getting one side to the story. That Lucius was a madman who put mind-shattering Obliviate curses on innocent young wizards for no reason. She so badly wanted to tell the truth. That Paulo had been a rapist who had assaulted her, that Lucius was just defending her and protecting her. That their connection was so strong that he could physically feel whenever she was in danger. Lucius had made her promise to not get involved, but she didn't know if she would be able to. She desperately wanted to do something.
Aria made her way to her floor, which was even worse, since Lucius had been a part of her program and her department. People were whispering and gossiping, and it was making Aria's skin and mind burn and sear. She kept her eyes down as she made her way over to her desk where she sat and pretended to look busy.
Not long after she arrived Pepper took her seat at her desk next to Aria's.
"Oh hey Aria…" Pepper said delicately. Aria looked up at her friend and barely managed to smile. "I was just talking with Hermione, we were wondering if you were going to come in today…"
Aria didn't respond back. Even her best friend here had been gossiping. She knew Hermione hated Lucius, but both Pepper and Hermione knew of her feelings for Lucius and she felt awkward with the situation. However, Pepper was a good friend and genuinely cared and Aria felt a strong kinship towards her when she saw Pepper pull her chair up to face Aria in front of her desk and put her hand lightly on Aria's.
"Maybe they won't sentence him. Maybe he will say he was just using self-defense…" Pepper said hopefully.
"Oh Pepper," Aria said as tears fell down her face. "It's terrible. Lucius told me not to get involved, he still wants to protect me…and I doubt the Ministry will see using an Obliviate spell as self-defense…I don't know what to do. It kills me he is somewhere here at the Ministry and I can't go to him…help him…or hold him," she said quietly so no one else could hear.
Pepper patted Aria's hand as if trying to comfort her. "Is there anything I can do?"
Suddenly Aria remembered another promise she had made to Lucius; that she would try and get access to the Department of Mysteries to find out about their connection, their bond as soul mates. Yes, there was something Pepper could do, and that was to help her gain access to the exclusive Department.
"Actually, there maybe is something you can do to help me. Do you know anyone who could get me into the Department of Mysteries?"
Pepper stared at her friend in curiosity and interest. "I don't, but I am sure Hermione certainly would. She knows everyone, and I am sure she could get anyone to do anything for her. Why do you want to go there?"
"It is a lot to explain, but it would mean the world to me as it would help me discover more about myself…and Lucius. Plus, it will give me something to distract myself."
"Let's go ask Hermione then. Common she is just in her office."
Aria and Pepper made their way across the floor and down a few hallways until they came upon Hermione's office door. It was slightly ajar, but Pepper knocked a few times and they heard Hermione say "Come in."
Aria's eyes widened in shock when they entered Hermione's office and saw not just her but none other than the world's most famous wizard, Harry Potter, sitting across from Hermione at her desk.
"Pepper, Aria," she greeted them with a smile, although Aria noticed Hermione stared at her a bit longer, as if waiting for her to break down and cry or spontaneously combust.
"Hello," said Harry warmly in greeting as well.
"Ladies, I would like you to meet Harry Potter, my best friend," smiled Hermione.
"Yes, we know who you are!" said Pepper, which made both Hermione and Harry laugh.
"Nice to meet you," said Aria in wonder as she held out her hand to the legend. Harry smiled politely and shook her hand warmly, although when she took her hand out of his, she noticed his eyes fall on Lucius' ring on her finger. She realized Harry must knew whom it belonged to. He and Lucius had a long history.
"Harry is just here as the head Auror because of the…" Hermione stopped speaking immediately realizing she was about to say Malfoy Trial.
Aria looked down at the floor, as her eyes suddenly glistened with tears. She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of two of the greatest wizards of all time. Pepper, being as good of a friend as ever interjected the awkward moment by asking Hermione what they had come here to ask in the first place.
"Hermione, do you know anyone who works in the Department of Mysteries?"
Hermione clearly wasn't expecting that question and she looked at them both with curiosity. "Yes of course, but why?"
Aria had to think of something fast and she was luckily able to think quickly on her feet. "I…I think that I am involved in a prophecy and I would like to see if it would be accessible in the Department of Mysteries…it means a lot to me…" Aria said, hoping that would be a suitable enough answer to Hermione.
Hermione studied her for a bit and spoke, "But wouldn't your prophecy be somewhere in California, where you are from?"
Aria's quick thinking helped again. "Yes, well you see, my ancestors are from Europe and I think the prophecy involves them somehow," Aria wasn't completely lying. The image Lucius and Aria had initially seen in the Soul Prophecies book was ancient, so it could very well relate to her ancient magical ancestors…or his.
"Oh interesting," Hermione said pondering Aria's request. "Very well, yes I believe I know someone who can help. You know him too. James Walters, who helped you at Hogwarts for Ravenclaw house. He works in that department."
Aria's stomach turned. She had enough drama going on in her life right now, she wasn't too sure James would be the best person at this point to help her, but she had no choice and so she smiled politely. Hermione got up from her desk and told Harry she would be back and that she was going to escort Aria to James' office.
Aria smiled at Harry as she left the room to follow Hermione. "It was so nice to meet you Harry, truly an honor."
"Likewise," he said politely with a warm smile. "Hopefully we can talk again sometime soon," he said as he gave the ring on her finger one last glance.
It made Aria uneasy and she wondered what he meant by that, but as she followed Hermione out of her office, her mind instantly became excited at the prospect of what would be found about her and Lucius in the Department of Mysteries.