Easier To Run
4.Stillborn
"Lucius I'm sorry." I stood in front of him trembling, the winter air stung me as I stood there, my body damp from the sweat.
"It's a girl isn't it." Bastard.
"It was." I sobbed. She was safe now. Safe with Addy and Ted and Lily and Siri.
"Was?" He drawled.
"Stillborn." I looked at my feet.
"Probably for the best. I need an heir."
I wanted to punch him. His daughter was dead and he didn't even blink.
I left quietly then. I went to the guest bedroom on the other side of the house where my baby was.
Sirius was holding her. She wasn't even making a noise as he gently rocked her.
Addy was sitting on the bed with Ted softly crying.
I nearly laughed when I saw Lily. She was standing by the blazing fireplace watching the moving photographs. She loved to watch them.
"Here." Sirius handed my baby to me.
"Hey there." I cooed. She was such a beautiful baby. She had all the features of a Black. Dark hair, pale skin, light grey eyes. She gurgled. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I handed her over to Addy. She was safer with them.
I started sobbing as they left. My poor sweet Nymphadora.