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Chapter 17
As Abbey lay in bed, trying to fall asleep, she went over the night in her head. She had to admit to herself that pretending to be happy hadn't been as horrible as she had thought. It had been such a long time since a guy had shown affection towards her, even if Draco was faking it.
As she pondered this, she rolled over and gazed at the sleeping Draco next to her. She realized that he was her future…he was going to be the rest of her life. There was no way of avoiding it. Her mind wandered to a conversation she had with Lucius that night at the party…
"Abbey, I want a word with you," Lucius said softly, pulling her into the kitchen and away from the other guests. His eyes were like chips of ice.
"Yes?" Abbey replied coolly, handing a plate of food to Jingles so she could go serve it to the guests.
"Do you remember my request before you and my son were married?" Lucius asked, examining the serpent head on the top of his cane.
"Please, oh great father-in-law, refresh my memory," Abbey smirked quietly. Lucius chose to ignore her sarcasm.
"My request that you and Draco have a child within a year," Lucius said calmly.
"Oh, that one," Abbey snarled, leaning against the counter and crossing her arms over her chest. Lucius ignored this comment as well.
"I meant what I said, Abbey," he said with a chilling air.
"So did I when I said it wasn't going to happen," Abbey replied casually, "It's my body."
"It's my family's future," Lucius barked, clearly losing his patience. He glared at Abbey, pausing. "I'll do what I have to," he hissed after a few moments. Before Abbey could retort, he left the kitchen with a swoosh of his robes.
Abbey continued to gaze at Draco, dread dropping into her stomach like a hunk of lead. No doubt Lucius would end up drugging them or something to make them do it.
No longer feeling tired, Abbey sat up and flipped the covers off of her. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and she got out. She went over to the bathroom door and pulled her satin robe off of the hook on the inside of it. She pulled it on but kept it untied as she went over to her dresser and slid her feet into her bedroom slippers.
Abbey stepped out of the front door and the crisp night air hit her face. She took a deep lungful of it, feeling refreshed immediately. Pulling her robe around her, she began to walk around the house, happy to be by herself after a long night of being with people of which she didn't like the company.
As she turned a corner and began to make her way across the back of the house, an ear-splitting howl pierced the night air. Abbey suddenly felt like she had been doused in ice water…it was on the other side of the house. She had completely forgotten.
Breathing rapidly, she took a quivering step backwards, keeping her eyes at the edge of the house that the werewolf was hiding around. She took another step…another…she reached back and felt her hand along the side of the house, waiting to feel the corner. She finally reached it and was about to turn to run when the snarling beast slowly stepped around the corner, his vicious yellow eyes boring into hers.
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