She had managed to convince him, Azadeh didn't know how...all she did was tell him the truth. When she realized that he was going to get her pregnant, the child would be doomed either way. Either destined to become a horrible head Death Eater, who would most likely be more powerful than his father, or if Lucius succeeded, they would be dead and she couldn't bare the thought of losing his child. But that is not what she told him...
Azadeh told him one part of the story and one only; that she wanted him to remember first, and if he still chose the path he was on now, she would except it and have his child anyway. She told him she wanted him to be whole first because she wanted her child to know the whole Harry...it took a lot of pleading, using her influence over him to get what she wanted, Azadeh knew it was unfair to do, but she had no choice.
At first Harry was angry with her for even trying to convince him, he even said cruelly to her, 'you should lay on your back, take my seed, and not open your mouth unless I kiss you!' He quickly apologized though when he saw how much that hurt her. Sighing in frustration, he agreed to wait a bit longer, a few more months, but if he couldn't remember, that would be the end of it and she would get pregnant. Azadeh agreed.
A close call, that's all it was. A few days passed by, Harry had bought more contraceptive potions but seemed sad until she let him know that it would only be a few more months...then 'he could knock her up all he wanted', that comment made him laugh. But now she was officially on a deadline, and could not afford the luxury of taking her time...now she had to act and come up with a plan.
Azadeh was walking home again, Harry didn't like it when she did it, Lucius was making comments lately and it was starting to piss him off. But she liked her walks and she wasn't going to let Lucius intimidate her into changing her routine where she either read or could think peacefully. Suddenly she was taken again, and this time behind a heavy wooded area.
"I see you aren't pregnant," Lucius smiled.
"No. I'm not. But I can assure you it's not because of you," Azadeh hissed.
He frowned, "it doesn't matter, either way..."
"You're right, it doesn't matter. Stay away from me, Lucius. If you're so desperate to get me away from Harry, that you would even have me killed...then...you never cared for me."
"On the contrary, because it isn't you that I'm trying to have killed...it's your husband," he smiled as her head shot up. "That's right...figured it out, did you?"
"You're revealing too much to me, why?"
"Because I know you won't tell, not if you value the 'mudbloods' life. Stuck, aren't you? Do you want to save the life of an innocent, or a man that you are married to, but who you know has committed crimes that no human being should?...Quite a toss up."
Azadeh was so angry with him, how selfish and brutal he was, "I'll SAVE THEM BOTH!" She started to march off but Lucius grabbed her and before she knew it, she scratched him across his face, growling, her eyes cat-like again. He was terribly turned on by this.
"So, you want to play, do you? FINE. I can play rough too," he back-handed her so hard, she spun around.
Azadeh was slightly dazed, but aware he was standing over her...she kicked out and swept him, causing him to fall hard on his back. It shocked Lucius and that was all, but he quickly flipped up and was back on his feet. Azadeh glared at him, "think I didn't know how to DEFEND myself well? The ONLY thing that is inhibiting me from totally kicking your ASS, is this damned BRACELET!"
Lucius raised his eyebrows and smirked, this was very, very fun. Since he wasn't her owner anymore, she could do more to defend herself and he was anxious to see what she could do. Azadeh however, had different plans...she knew if this continued, he would most likely end up raping her, he was stronger than her, with more experience in magic and physically. Lucius loved conflict, violence, and above all this, fighting...especially the idea of 'taming' a woman. She fled, but he came after her, stunning her and watched as she fell hard to the ground.
Lucius flipped her over on her back, they were in a remote place...very remote. He arched over her, trapping her arms and legs, Azadeh barely aware, hanging on to his arm slightly. He touched her face and traced his hand all the way down her body...but then, Harry's voice came through. Lucius shot his head up in anger, he had no choice but to leave, but not before performing a memory charm so she wouldn't remember. He left in a swirl of black smoke.
Harry panicked when he didn't find her at home, he looked at the detection papers and noticed she was only a mile away, he called her name, but there was no answer. The papers showed that he was close, and took his broom closer and closer...the brush was thick so he had to land. "AZADEH!" Nothing. "AAAZADEEEH!" Finally he heard some type of sound and investigated. There she was, a bruise across her cheek, a split lip, bruises on her arms and legs. Harry landed on his knees and picked her up, "Azadeh,...who did this to you?...WHO DID THIS TO YOU!" he was asking himself more than anything.
Harry took her to St. Mungos for care. As far as they could tell, she had not been violated...but it was a possibility that he interrupted it, judging by the marks on her legs, they had planned to. They healed her, but there was nothing they could really do for the memory charm, it was a complicated one, so Harry simply took her home.
When Azadeh woke up, Harry was pacing the floor like a caged animal. "Harry?" He turned and went to her side, gently sitting on the bed. "What happened?"
Looking hurt he said, "you were attacked. Though, we know you can't remember anything, can you?" She shook her head.
"I wasn't...um.."
"NO, no... They think I interrupted it, do you remember ANYTHING, anything at all?"
"No, I'm sorry...I just remember walking home."
Harry looked down and sighed, then stood up, "I don't think you should work at the bookstore anymore."
"What...why? I like my job...I.."
"AND THERE ARE TOO MANY MALE CUSTOMERS THAT GO THERE. It could have been one of them that attacked you!" There was fire in his eyes, he was truly angry. "Look, I watch you now and then when I have some time...I see the way they look at you, and the fact that you're so nice to everyone..."
"I can protect myself, I know I can..."
"Then whoever attacked you must have been much bigger than you, my size, at least. And with that bracelet on, you're more defenseless. I don't understand how this could happen...THIS NEVER HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY TO ME. No one would DARE attack my wife," he hissed.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"It was stupid of me to walk home, I wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings because I was reading again. But I promise I won't do it again, I'll travel by floo powder. I just can't stand to be home all day, and I'm not a shopper...not like some of the other women I see that treat the girls badly because they're rich snobs who have never worked a day in their life...please don't make me quit."
Harry sighed heavy, of course she wouldn't be affected by what happened, she didn't remember...but there had to be something done. "Alright...I don't know why I always give into you, I shouldn't." Azadeh only smiled at him shyly, he couldn't stand when she did that, his heart melted. "BUT, you are to floo home now, no more walking on the road, at least not without me or Draco, he's the only other Death Eater I trust around you...DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" She nodded. ...
Draco had dinner with his father the next day, "did you hear about Azadeh?" He took a sip of wine and eyed his father. Lucius had healed the scratches on his face.
"Yes, who hasn't, the boy is having every wand tested to see if it was the one that cast the memory charm...pity he can't seem to control his household enough where she's not in any danger," Lucius continued to eat his food, then noticed his son looking at him. "What is it?"
"Nothing, really. I just find it a slight coincidence that you were making comments about how you feel he didn't deserve her, she just happens to end up missing for a while, and especially since you know how TO DO some very complicated memory charms..." Draco drawled.
"They've already tested my wand, so there really isn't any proof now, is there?"
"Yes, but there's ways around that too, and you know them..."
"This conversation is going in a circle, I don't think we should continue it. Let's move on to something else..," Lucius drawled.
Draco looked at his father, he didn't believe him, not one bit, "you did it, didn't you?"
Lucius drank the rest of his wine, stood up, and dismissed himself for the night...not saying a word.
As promised, Azadeh arrived at Hermione's during next delivery. They talked and Hermione asked, "is there any way your husband would let you visit me, just to visit?"
"I don't think so...Hermione, there's something I need to tell you, it's about my husband...but I don't want you to think I lied to you...I belong to the right hand of Voldemort."
Hermione didn't look horrified or nervous, but tilted her head in a thoughtful manner, "I thought I might have recognized you from somewhere...even though, I know it's not just the picture...the one where he got married?" Azadeh nodded.
"I have to be honest with you, there's more, much more to tell you...but there's really no time. Do you remember any of your past?"
Hermione looked down and teared, then quitely said, "yes."
"So you remember Harry Potter?"
"OF COURSE! He was my best friend!"
"Okay, good. They didn't do anything to your memory then?"
"No, they didn't. Though I wish they had...I still have nightmares about it. That's why they probably didn't, so I could relive it for the rest of my life," she teared.
"What of Ron?"
Hermione shot her head up again, "you seem to know a lot...but, Ron...was taken away. The last I heard he was given back to the Weasleys, but he wasn't the same. He tried to buy me you know, but didn't have the money...I haven't seen him since, it's been years...why are you asking me all these questions? You aren't spying one me for your husband?"
"No! No, I'll have to tell you later, I have to get back...I just needed to test to see if you were alright. Look, order more books next week..."
"I can go to the bookstore..."
"NO, it's too dangerous, Hermione..."
"WHY?"
"It just is, trust me...everything will look less suspicious if I just deliver these, okay?"
Hermione huffed, she was not one who liked information held from her, "alright..."
Azadeh waved goodbye and she was gone again. Hermione thought it was so strange that she would ask about her past, and that Azadeh only arrived when her owner wasn't home. She knew then, her life was about to change, but instead of feeling dread, feelings of excitement pumped through her veins...