Five hours later, Luna was lying in a bed at St. Mungo's, sleeping quietly after the healer had given her a calming draught. It was relief to Draco, who had been asked by Harry to stay at the hospital with her until he got there, because by the time he had gotten her to the hospital, she was almost hysterical after everything she had witnessed that day. To find her husband in bed with another woman and then to discover that he had been murdered less than an hour later, it wasn't any wonder that Luna had lost it.
His own grief over his wife's murder was starting to get to him, even though the anger over her affair was still there burning deep inside of him. He now had to tell his son that his mother was dead because, despite the fact that Astoria wasn't the type of mother she should have been to Scorpius, the young boy had loved his mother. He was planning on going up to Hogwarts tomorrow and talk to his son about what had happened. He also wanted to wait to see if Luna felt okay enough to go because she needed to tell her children about their father's death. Although he had treated her horribly when they were at Hogwarts, something about the discovery of their spouses affair and subsequent murder, had brought out this need to protect her.
There was a knock on the door to the room that they had placed Luna in and Harry came walking into the room, with Ron, Ginny and Hermione following him. You could feel the tension growing as the four them watched Draco sitting in the chair beside Luna's bed until Hermione stepped forward, giving him a look of sympathy and compassion before walking over to the other side of Luna's bed.
"What's going on, Potter? Why did you change your mind and tell me to stay here with Luna?"
"We'll discuss that here in a few minutes. Did you notice the picture that was lying on the floor?"
"No, all I saw was my wife and Rolf on the bed, covered in blood and the message the killer had written on the wall," Draco answered, starting to get curious about what was going on here. Why Harry Potter would ask him, of all people to stay with Luna? "What the hell is going on here, Potter? Do you know who murdered my wife and Luna's husband?"
"No, we don't and we are calling in a muggle crime scene expert to help out?"
"A muggle? How are you going to explain to this person that two wizards were murdered, they are going to think that you are insane."
Ron stepped forward like he wanted nothing more than to punch Malfoy in the face but a moan coming from the bed stopped him. They all gathered around the bed and watched as Luna's eyes started to open. She glanced up at Harry, a look of ethereal calm finally back in her eyes but there was also sorrow in her gaze too. Ginny and Hermione both hugged their friend, trying to offer her comfort and she embraced them both before returning her focus back to Harry.
"Answer Draco's question, Harry. Why are you bringing in a muggle and who is it?" Luna asked softly.
"It's Seamus Finnegan's cousin, Amber, so she knows about our world. She works in New York City as a Crime Scene Investigator and is an expert with weapons and human anatomy. The reason I am asking her to come here is because Rolf and Astoria were both stabbed in the chest with a muggle hunting knife. So she can tell us the exact weapon was used by the shape, size and bruising the knife might have made on their bodies."
"So you are saying my wife was killed by a muggle?" Draco was incredulous and wondering why Astoria and Rolf didn't summon their wands and stop the person who had killed them.
"No, they were murdered by a wizard. Whoever did this hit them both with a body bind spell before stabbing them both in the chest two times."
"So whoever murder my husband and Astoria knew magic but also knows enough about Muggles to use one of their weapons to kill his victims. Is it possible it could be a muggleborn or a halfblood?"
"It's possible but there are also purebloods that are fascinated with everything Muggle, so it could be anybody in the Wizarding World, no matter what their blood status is. Whoever this person is, they seem to be targeting wizards who cheat on their spouses. But they also seem to have a fixation on you, Hermione and Ginny, given the message that the killer wrote of the picture that was dropped on the floor. It was taken the day after the kids left for Hogwarts, when the three of you met for Lunch in Diagon Alley." Ron said, taking in the angry look his wife was giving him and the one his sister was aiming at her husband. He had a feeling him and Hermione were about to have a pretty good row over him not telling her about the pictures as soon as he could.
"When were the two of you planing on telling us about this?" Ginny said, sounding like she could hit them both with a bat bogey hex at any time.
"Answer the question, Ronald!" Hermione stated, looking like she was going to join her sister-in-law in throwing a hex at both of them.
Draco stayed quiet, enjoying the sight of Potter and Weasley being fussed at by their two very angry wives. He then noticed his parents standing at the doorway to the room, his mother holding a blanket wrapped bundle in her arms and staring at the argument taking place, the both of them fighting not to smile. He got up and walked past the two arguing couples and took the bundle from his mother, looking down into the face of his four month old daughter. Who was asleep but looked like she was about to wake up because of the argument taking place. He looked up at the four of them with a look of irritation, hoping to stop the yelling before they woke up the baby.
"Okay, Granger, Weaslette, as much as I enjoy watching the two of you rake Potter and Weasel Bee over the coals, could you keep it down? You are going to scare Sabrina and if you do, one of you gets the pleasure of putting her back to sleep. Let me tell you that isn't as an easy of a job as you would think." Draco walked across the room and back beside Luna's bed, who was staring the bundle in his arms.
"May I see her, Draco?" Luna asked, quietly.
"Of course." Draco placed the baby into Luna's arms. "I know what you might be thinking and if she didn't look so much like me and Scorpius, I would have been suspicious about who her biological father was too. Especially now that I know that Astoria was sleeping with your husband."
Hermione and Ginny, despite how they felt about Draco, moved over closer to the bed and were instantly enchanted at the sight of the infant in Luna's arms. She was a beautiful child and you could tell who her father was just by looking her.
"She is lovely, Draco. Why wasn't she with you and your wife on the day Scorpius left for Hogwarts?" Luna asked, glancing up at her former schoolmate, who seemed to be as fascinated with his daughter just as much as all of the women in the room were.
"They left her with me and her grandpa, who she already has wrapped around her little finger," Narcissa stated, smiling at the flush that came over her husband's face. "She had a fever and we didn't want to expose her to any germs that might have made her more ill that she already was or take a risk at getting any of the other children sick as well."
Lucius turned to Harry, who was trying to stay quiet and not take Ginny's focus off of the baby so she wouldn't yell at him some more. He still felt a touch of resentment towards the younger man but when it came to the safety of his family, all of that was put aside. Because after everything The Dark Lord had put him and his family through in the last two years of the war, Lucius Malfoy didn't plan on letting anything happen to the people he loved ever again. Even if the only reason it happened in the first place was because of his own prejudices and loyalty to the wrong side.
"So what are you planning to do to make sure that wizards and witches are safe from this killer?"
"We are planning on using The Prophet and, with your permission Luna, The Quibbler, to inform the public that they need to put up wards around their homes to keep out anybody that they don't know on a personal level. I have also talked to Minerva about making sure that safety measures are taken to protect everyone at Hogwarts just as a precaution."
Right as Harry finished speaking, a patronus of a Lynx came into the room and the voice of the Minister Of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt was heard.
"Harry, we need you and Ron to get back to headquarters, now!"
Ron and Harry both kissed their wives goodbye and left the room right as Daphne Nott and an older lady who looked like she was hers and Astoria's mother, came running into the room. Both women were sobbing like their hearts were breaking and Draco went to his mother-in-law's side trying to comfort her while Narcissa did the same thing with Daphne.
"I'm so sorry, Draco! I told Tori not to start an affair with Rolf but she wouldn't listen to me! She felt like you were neglecting her for Scorpius and your job and she told me that he made her feel beautiful and needed."
Daphne's blue eyes were filled with tears and her long blond hair had fallen out of it's once perfect french twist as she clung to Narcissa like a lifeline. Until she noticed Luna lying in the hospital bed, her eyes filled with tears as her own grief started to overwhelm her again. She rushed to her former schoolmate's side and, despite being one of the ones who seemed to enjoy calling her Loony when they were at Hogwarts, took her neice out of the other woman's arms, handed Sabrina to a stunned Ginny, sat down on the bed and embraced Luna.
"I told them both to stop, Luna and I should have bloody tried harder than what I did. That sorry wanker wouldn't listen to me and my sister was just as bad. All they cared about was themselves but I loved Tori so much and I didn't say anything to you or Draco because I was hoping at least Tori would come to her senses."
"Daphne, you can't control everything the people you love do even if you don't agree with it." Luna said, holding the other woman in her arms, who continued to cry hysterically. "I know this is the wrong time to ask this but I'm pretty sure the Auror's are going to want to know this. How long was my husband and your sister shagging?"
Before Daphne could answer, Blaise Zabini came into the room, looking like his world was about to fall apart. He took in everybody that was standing in the room and then focused on Daphne, who was sitting on the bed with Luna. He slowly walked over to where she was at, tears falling down his dark cheeks, took her hands in his and knelt down in front of her, gently caressing her hands in a comforting manner.
"Daph, I'm sorry for what happened to your sister and I don't want to make things worse for you but you have the right to know what is going on." He could see the tears starting to fall down her cheeks and hated what he was about to do but she needed to know the truth. "I came home and found Pansy and Theo dead. It seems that our spouses were having an affair and somebody killed them for it."
AN: I am going to leave this at a cliffhanger and show the reactions of the latest murder in the next chapter. I am still trying to figure out who the next victims will be, three of the four have been Slytherins that went to Hogwarts and I am considering having some former students from other houses becoming victims as well.