Lover Boy
Bad Faith
by LG
Mal foi (French
Literal translation'bad faith'
Lucius Malfoy was born into a long line of last names in the ancient and respectable city of Verona, Italy. Though everyone considers his line one of the most prominent wizarding families, it wasn't until the birth of his son that they returned to England.
This family is respected—and feared—by many people, but everyone has its secrets, and the Malfoys, of course, are no exception.
It is not common knowledge, but you can find a ban against this wealthy and prominent family from ever returning to England for specified and very clear reasons. A Malfoy was found guilty in a trial for the murder of a member of a much more respectable family than his.
This veto was decreed in the late 1800s, when Phobos Malfoy—grandfather of Lucius and patriarch of the Malfoy clan then, committed murder against Torrentine Spell, a single and beautifully charming young lady that had her life terminated too early as she faced the un-survivable wrath of this man for the simple fact that she refused to fall into his leering traps.
It was a well-known fact that Phobos Malfoy had been courting Torrentine for some time, and that the girl gave no signs whatsoever of finally caving in and accepting his marriage proposal. As it seemed, the Spells knew what the Malfoys were made of. Allegedly, this is what finally caused Phobos to snap in a tirade against her and kill her on the process.
The exit of Phobos Malfoy from the house of the victim around the time the crime was committed was testified in court by more than two people. Nobody considered unusual to see Malfoy exit that house with a scowl in his face and spitting oaths from right to left. What they did consider unusual was to see Malfoy exit more than pleased with himself, adjusting his appearance, as if he had just gone through some kind of exertion. Neighbours were shocked and stimulated into declaring as they learned of the horrible crime that had been committed technically under their very noses.
The Magically Enforced Forensic Team (MEFT) report read that Torrentine Spell had put up resistance but was overpowered soon enough, since there were swollen handprints in her face. The state in which she was found was deplorable. She had been beaten and the cause of her death had been determined as strangulation by hand, a typical muggle way of assassination, especially for men. As a result, the Spell-Ma case flocked many wizards and witches alike to its courts. Phobos had won a sour reputation with the citizens of London, with his knack for dirty business he had brought down most of all the tiny empires those hard-working citizens had brought up. He had managed to bitter the most cheerful person, he had seduced many married women simply for his taste's sake…he was the devil incarnate.
Everyone knew or believed with fierce conviction that Phobos Malfoy had committed the crime. Everyone except for the jury, as it was. He was declared innocent and vindicated, and he had strutted out of there, not one single scratch on his body, not one single charge over his shoulders.
The people were enraged. If the country didn't prove to be just enough, they would take the matter into their own hands. Torrentine had been the last person to fall before Phobos Malfoy. They would tolerate it no more.
They raided Malfoy Manor stealthily one night, and bound Phobos and brought him andtied him before a huge stake, the fire already eating at the hay. There, facing his sins and the open hands of the Averno, Phobos Malfoy forgot dignity and screamed for mercy.
A mercy he hadn't had when he had caused so much suffering among this now ruthless people. The fire slowly ascended, and Malfoy shrieked, but it fell upon deaf ears.
Finally, a pious woman yelled for them to stop. Mallory Spell couldn't handle seeing it. Not even if he was the murderer of her daughter.
The case was reopened and closed again seeing that Malfoy had accepted his kill. Too powerful still to be sent to jail, he was confined to exile for the rest of his days. His family and he were doomed to live under disgrace for the rest of his life.
Still thinking that was too little a punishment, the citizens of that past London, cursed the Manor with the most powerful oaths they knew, and sealed it, never to be used again.
The cursed Manor is still inhabited.
Our beloved Draco Malfoy lives there.