Lucius met them downstairs at breakfast, Draco not looking very well. "You okay?" Azadeh asked kindly. "I can mix you a herbal tea that will subside the effects of the.."
"HE will not be taking anything, he's going to SUFFER for his stupidity last night," Lucius growled.
"Well, at LEAST one of us looks like he got a good night's sleep," Draco huffed. Lucius looked confused for a second. "You look rested...," then Draco shot a glare at Azadeh which caused her to jump.
"WHAT was that look for!" Lucius growled again. "What her and I possibly did last night would be none of your busiiness, I believe."
"Right then!" Draco stood up and walked out of the room and out the door to work. Azadeh placed her head in her hands in exasperation.
"Azadeh, I need you to go to Diagon Alley and fetch a few things for me, here is a list and you may buy whatever you need, though please don't buy out half the clothing stores like my dear deceased wife did. All you have to do, is tell them to put it on the Malfoy account and it will be billed to me. The cloak you'll be wearing will be identification enough." With that, he got up and left...not even a 'thank you' for helping him sleep last night. She sighed in frustration, but got up to go to Diagon Alley, taking the carriage.
She was let out and told the driver 'thank you', he was shocked at this but then smiled, almost grateful that she acknowledged his presence. 'Good grief, he really does a number on his servants, doesn't he?' she thought to herself. Azadeh continued to get some of the herbs he needed, new dress robes that were to be picked up today, and a few books. She noticed that when she waited in line, she seemed to be rushed to the front, but insisted on waiting because other people were there first, this confused a lot of them. But there was someone following her, the cloaked man with his hood over his eyes.
He'd spotted her getting herbs, people rushing out of his way. He wanted to laugh as she stood in line, just waiting, confusing people, allowing them to go first, opening doors for elderly people as they looked at her in utter amazement while staring at the symbol on her cloak. Soon, he came up behind her and whispered in her ear, "it's because you belong to a Death Eater." Azadeh shivered in slight pleasure, then she recognized the voice and turned around, "It's because you belong to a Death Eater, that's why you don't have to wait in line."
"Wha...but..," it was like she suddenly became mute, he made her so nervous, it was like she lost all her facilties. He raised his eyebrows waiting for her to form a sentence. "What..what are you doing here?"
"I'm patrolling and I happened to see you."
Azadeh grabbed the books, "well, you've seen me, good day." He continued to walk with her, people getting out of his way as if he would kill them at any moment. She turned to him again, "I don't need an escort, I'm fine!" He kept following her. "Look, do you want me to get some supplies for you? Just give me a list and I'll be you're little errand girl for today!"
"I'd rather you be my girl in general," he smirked.
She lowered her eyes, "oh good grief."
Suddenly she heard a familiar voice, slightly cool but it wasn't Lucius, it was Draco, "Azadeh...? Good to see you, let me carry those books for you...you need to bring Mingle with you next time, he can hover this stuff. Come, I'm going to lunch, join me?" She nodded. In Draco's mind he was rescuing her, in 'the chosen's' mind, he wanted to kill Draco and curse him into oblivion for being a nuissance. "See you later," Draco nodded in his direction and left with Azadeh. He had his wand gripped hard and his jaw clenched.
Azadeh sat down with Draco, inside, she was very sad. She walked away but her heart was breaking at the same time, but she could't, she wouldn't care for a man who was the so-called 'right hand of Voldemort'. Azadeh could only hope that her father was trying to find a way to rescue her, but the bracelets were almost impossible to get rid of, and the wearer could suffer greatly if they were attempted to be removed AND they could track her with it. She bit her lip as she turned her back on HIM, only wanting to cry... "Azadeh?" she snapped back to reality. "What would like to eat?"
"Oh...you can pick for me, I don't really know."
"Good, I like to do that for a woman," Draco looked just like his father then, an arrogant smile that screamed 'Malfoy'. After he orderd for both of them he looked at her seriously. "Azadeh, I don't mean to be...sound, not like it's any of my business but have you...?"
"No, your father and I didn't do anything...I just helped him sleep through a meditation practice, that's all. It clears the mind... He probably said it that way in order to wined you up because he was mad."
"Why would I care?" he huffed a looked away. Azadeh only sighed and looked out the window. 'The Chosen' was hidden, following them, he'd gotten very good at it. He overheard it, last night...it sounded like Draco was concerned they had DONE something, which he frowned at. He wouldn't have said that, he most likely would have tried to kill Lucius for the attempt. 'Spoiled git, doesn't even know how to fight for what he wants!' he thought.
Their food arrived but Azadeh only picked at it, seeing 'the right hand' again only made her lose her appetie. Draco apologized for being snippy with her, his head just hurt but she excused herself and thanked him for the meal, he only pouted after she left. 'the right hand' shook his head at the brat, 'Had everything handed to you...so much so, you don't know how to after anything you want, you even expected DADDY to give you her as well. Your job, your schooling, everything handed to you...BAFOON!'
He continued to watch her, she rushed the streets trying to get back to the carriage while carrying her packages by herself. Suddenly she ran into someone and was knocked backwards, Azadeh apologized and scrambled to get her packages. "NO, MISS, it was my fault entirely!" The man looked horrified when he saw the cloak around her and then begged her not to tell Mr. Malfoy that he'd knocked her over.
"WHAT? You didn't do anything wrong, I ran into you! It's okay...I don't own the streets or you," Azadeh huffed. "Are you okay?" The man looked at her in amazement and nodded. "Well, good day to you then." She marched off and wanted to cry...all these people harmed because of one man, fearing for their lives constantly, no freedom, no say. She felt like she would suffocate if she didn't get out of theire, and finally she made it to the carriage and driver helped her with thepackages then left.
After she got home and put the packages away, Azadeh threw the cloak across her bedroom, so angry at all the supposed 'respect' it was to give her. Azadeh had to get out, she knew there were stables, she could help, but most likely everything was cleaned by magic...she didn't care, she'd brush the the horses or ride them, whatever, but something...
She looked through all her things, refinery...nothing but refinery...she roughly looked through everything angrily. "NOTHING BUT STUPID DRESS UP CLOTHING TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A DAMNED DOLL! I don't need all this lavish crap! This is all materialistic bullshit! An illusion to hide the ugliness that's within everything here!" Finally, after calming down, she saw her old clothes, the jeans and large shirt she wore. "I thought that..?" Azadeh didn't question, she took her dress off and freed her hair from intricate hairstyle it was in and put on her 'boy clothes'. Running outside, she headed for the stables and found the horses, a servant looked suprised.
"MADAM! You...you shouldn't be out here, you can't help us like this!" He tried to stop her but she kept going, and he wouldn't dare lay a hand on her.
"I just want to ride and brush the horses, that's all." He sighed, he'd be punished for sure, and the fact she wasn't dressed right...Lucius would have his head. "I'm not going to get YOU into trouble, if he gets angry, let it be at me, I'll take it." Azadeh brushed the horses and rode them, she even fed them carrots, which the horse loved. It had become dusk and she hadn't realized it, Lucius Malfoy came home and when he found her in the stables with the horses, and in her 'boy clothes', he was infuriated.
"WHO LET HER DO THIS!" he roared like a lion. The servants coward but she stepped in front of them.
"Don't blame them, I did it, I told them that I wanted to do it and you know they wouldn't stop me because of their fear of you. So if you want to punish anyone, then punish me," Azadeh stood their calm, the servants suprised.
Lucius grabbed her by the back of the neck, "GET INSIDE THE HOUSE!" She was dragged forward, the male servant looked concerned but there was nothing he could do. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING RUNNING AROUND LIKE SOME...SOME PEASANT!"
"Because I just wanted to ride the horses, that's all...STOP IT, YOU'RE HURTING ME!" Azadeh yelled.
"Hurting you? Trust me, this isn't even close to what I COULD DO!" he hissed. They went up to her room and he thrusted her forward. "You're going to take a bath and get that SMELL off of you!"
"FINE...but I wish you would stop trying to make me into something I'm not!"
"What...a lady?" Lucius glared back as did she.
"NO, into a DOLL, just some mindless, mealy-mouthed, ninny who doesn't think for herself. I didn't go out there today to get you mad, I went out there today because I needed to be around nature, it's who I am and THAT part will NEVER change," she hissed back.
Lucius drew out his wand, "I should kill you and be DONE with it!" Azadeh just stood there, didn't flinch, didn't move and looked him straight in the eye.
"It's so easy for you, isn't it? Rather than have the courage to except someone who is different, you discard them like they're nothing. But, I guess when you've done it enough...you don't think about it...so, go ahead...," Azadeh walked forward and pressed his wand over her heart. "Go ahead...I'm a half-blood Shaman, my life isn't worth a damn, remember?" She stood there eyes were forming tears, ready to take the blow. Lucius just stood there and then lowered his wand, putting it back in his staff.
Suddenly, and without warning, he came at her, carrying her at high speed, thrusting her back against the wall and started to kiss her hard on the mouth. Azadeh's hands were up as if this was some kind of attack. He pressed his body against hers, hard enough so she wouldn't slip, putting one knee between her legs and forcing them apart and pushing her thighs up so he was firmly between them. Her mind was panicking, trying to think of some way to stop this. His kisses were hard on her neck, cheek, and mouth, finally Lucius tore open her shirt and sighed at the sight of her body, then kissed her chest, Azadeh squeaked as he did this. She wasn't ready for this, this isn't what she wanted, or the way she wanted it. Her mind went to Harry, wanting her frist time to be with him...but that wouldn't happen, not now. 'Please Creator, help out of this!'
Draco came home, "HEY! Anyone home! Azadeh...wanted to make sure you came home alright!"
Lucius stopped, turned his head, and glared at the door as if it was his worst enemy. Then he looked back at Azadeh, her face nervous and bewildered. A smile of malicious glee ran across his face, "we'll finish this very soon." Lucius left her standing there feeling ashamed, cluching her shirt together with her hands and looking away. After the door shut, she ran to the bathroom and threw up, and then cried in the shower. Mingle came up and told her dinner was ready, but she told Mingle to tell Lucius she wasn't hungry. Suprisingly, he didn't shout, but continued eating dinner. Draco looked at him as if he'd gone insane.
"What is it, Draco?"
"The fact that you aren't demanding she be down here, I wish you would in a way, she hasn't really been eating much if you haven't noticed, she's been picking at her food." Lucius sat thoughtful for a second. "She's gotten thinner...by the way, or perhaps you were too busy yelling at her for riding the horses this afternoon to notice." Lucius narrowed his eyes and his son did the same.
"Fine. Bring her dinner and MAKE SURE she eats ALL of it," he snapped.
"WHY don't you do it?"
"I have business to attend to."
"Of course...father," Draco said fairly sarcastically, which earned him a slap upside the head. Draco knew he was a failure in his father's eyes and could care less, and was happy he was left alone with Azadeh. He brought up her food instead of having Mingle do it and he knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Draco opened it anyway, knowing it wouldn't be locked. There she was in a beautiful dress with her hair nicely brushed, but she didn't look at him. "I've brought you something to eat."
"Thank you, Draco, but I'm really not hungry."
"Doesn't matter, you have to eat, you barely touched your breakfast or lunch...and if you don't, I'll have to force feed you, you've been losing weight and you're gettng too thin. But before all that...what happened?"
"You already know what happened."
"I know what happened when he came home, I don't know what happened when he came out of your bedroom, what did he do?" Azadeh was hesitant at first, then she told him everything, down to when he forced himself on her but was disrupted when Draco came home.
Draco clenched his jaw, he was furious with his father...she was...inexperienced and he had no right to just TAKE her like that, knowing she wasn't used to it. He made up his mind, he was going to ask his father to marry her, his father didn't LOVE her, he knew nothing of love...and if his father wouldn't give her to him, he'd go to 'the chosen' and figure out another way...it may be the stupidest thing on earth he could do, considering he knew 'the chosen' was looking for a reason to take her away from Lucius, but it would be better before his father ended up killing her like he almost did tonight.
But for now he had her eat, she felt better telling someone instead of feeling trapped, again Draco's need to have idle converstaion instead of silence ensued, a traiit of his mother's. "Do you know if my father is taking you to the Wizard's ball next week?" Azadeh shook her head. "If my father doesn't go, I'd like to take you...would that be alright?" She smiled. "Do you know how to do any of the waltzes?" She shook her head shyly. "Here, I'll teach you...," Draco held out his hand and taught her how to do some of the waltzes, she was clumsy at first, but then got the hang of it, they laughed a little bit when she tried it with the heeled boots on. Draco found the problem, she wasn't tying them tight enough and they felt better when he did. Soon she was walking down the stairs with them and then they were waltzing by the staircase.
Then there was a bang, a sound of a door being slammed open. They both jumped and when Draco saw his father with his narrowed eyes and cold stare, he instinctively put Azadeh behind him. Lucius jutted his jaw forward as if he was trying to control his temper and then shut the door. "I SEE you two have been getting to KNOW each other?"
"I've been teaching her to dance, for the ball next week?" Draco said innocently as possible, protecting Azadeh from anything that would provoke his father.
"Indeed."
Azadeh came out from behind Draco, with his reluctance, "he taught me to walk in the heeled boots that you like, I think I was partly tying them wrong..."
"Indeed," Lucius was still jutting his jaw, he chest slightly heaving.
Then Azadeh walked forward, "you see, I can walk better in them now?" She touched Lucius's chest and he calmed down...she managed to calm his beast. Draco didn't like it but he knew why she did it, Lucius was jealous, insanely jealous and she knew it. Azadeh had this terrible feeling that if she didn't do something, he was going to hurt Draco, after all, he was standing in front of her, blocking her from Lucius and someone like that...you didn't block from anything he wanted or felt he owned. Lucius put one arm around her waist and nodded towards the stairs, suggesting his son go to his room. Draco did it reluctantly, but he did it.
Lucius took off his cloak and had on his usual black vest and shirt, he would be incredibly handsome if he wasn't so cruel. "So, my son has taught you to waltz?"
"Some of the dances."
"Well then, let's see how you do..no doubt I'll have to correct some of your steps," Lucius waltzed with her, a few times he had to stop and correct some of steps, but over all she did well. Then he started to dance with her very slow, holding her tight against him, looking down at her, he held her chin up. ",...I know I was too rough with you earlier. This evening was something i didn't plan..you stood up to me and I found it...appealing and in my haste, I perhaps scared you. But at least you know how I can truly be in...that arena, so don't be suprised if it happens again." It was the closest thing to an apology she was going to get. "You're also going to stay in my room with me tonight and you wil perform that meditation on me...now, please get ready."
He thankfuly put on his night clothes first, again she did the meditation and again he fell asleep with no problems. Azadeh slept under the covers as well, though still on the other side of the bed, near the edge.