Chapter 34

Unravel

They had gotten ready, their own warriors spying on the wizarding world to find out the location of Voldemort's most secret areas. Marius focused on finding Hessa, because wherever he would find Hessa, he would find Draco Malfoy. Then he saw her…she was walking down the street with two Dark Regime guards, it would be very hard to contact her now, but he would follow them and find out where the manor was.

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Draco caressed her face and she smiled at him. Hessa was fine and she did not remember anything that happened the night before or what he wanted her to forget in the first place. There were small glitches like sometimes she would forget what she was doing but would always remember at the last second, it was something he could live with because it could have turned out much worse. But tonight was for them; he was taking her to dinner because they were to celebrate their engagement and meeting his friends Blaise and others.

He took her in a horse drawn carriage and held her close, "I'll give you anything you want." She had said 'yes' immediately…something Hessa would have done a long time ago had Potter not interfered, "do you want a bigger house?"

"No…," she giggled, he was being so silly.

"Why not?"

"The house you have is big enough to fit 3 families in…"

"You can have your own little home for when I'm away on missions?"

"No, I'm fine," Hessa rested her head on his chest and sighed.

When they got to the restaurant they were led to their table and she met Blaise for the first time," well hello, my lady. Draco was not exaggerating about your beauty."

"Thank you," she said quietly.

The first course came and they ate and chatted, though Hessa remained quiet and really didn't have much to say to them as they talked about Voldemort's business. She never liked Voldemort and she seemed to get irritated when they were laughing at something he said, "If you'll excuse me, I have to go to the ladies room." Draco excused her but watched carefully, her behavior was unusual.

Hessa got to the lobby which was vacant and breathed. For some reason it felt like she just had to leave and didn't want to return until she thought it was finished, but knew she couldn't, it would only be a matter of time before Draco came and found her again. He had been shadowing her steps heavily lately and she didn't understand why. Suddenly there was a male voice behind her that caused her to jump, "Hessa."

Hessa whipped around and a very handsome, dark-haired man appeared with crystal blue eyes. She recognized him for some reason…she knew his face…but how, she'd never really seen him before. "Who are you?"

"Who am I?" the man seemed confused and hurt…also irritated.

"Yes, who are you?"

"Marius….," was she faking?

"Marius? I don't know a Marius….? Wait, are that gentleman that said you knew me to Draco? I don't know you…"

Marius stood absolutely horrified, the whole reason being because he knew she wasn't lying, she was absolutely sure she didn't know him. Hessa's memory had been erased. He had hid himself and blended, being careful so that Draco would not smell him…all to find out that the love of his life didn't even know who he was! "So, you don't know me…I…," he saw her ring…where was HIS ring…THAT SON OF A BITCH!

Hessa stepped back, this man looked angry, "please leave…my fiancé will be here….I don't want him to hurt you." She didn't feel like he wanted to hurt her…she was very drawn to this Marius, like they knew each other but Hessa still didn't know who he was.

"I AM YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND," Marius lost his temper and grabbed Hessa, she screamed out a bit before he could cover her mouth.

Draco's head turned quickly…that was Hessa's voice, then a guard pointed, "OI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH OUR COMMADER'S FUTURE BRIDE!"

Hessa was trying to fight him but he had a shield too and his was stronger, "please…" She couldn't fight him.

"You're mother will fix this!" Marius deliberately made her weak and held her to him. "I had planned to do this discretely but I never could be discrete." There was a growl and Marius looked up…"Draco Malfoy…"

Draco held out his wand, "put her down, Marius."

"You know damned well that your wand is useless."

"You can't fight all of us…put her down."

"How dare you take her from me! How dare you tamper with her memory! You're a coward!"

"PUT HER DOWN!" Draco's eyes turned red. "OR I SWEAR TO THE GODS I'LL HAVE VOLDEMORT ATTACK YOUR CITY!"

"Idle threats don't do much for me, go ahead, we're ready for you," Marius then used his shield to blast a hole through the back wall. People screamed and the Dark Regime covered their faces a bit from the debris then started shooting spells. Draco roared fiercely and Blaise called for backup.

Marius used his shield to launch himself and Hessa on the rooftops with Draco trailing them, but Hessa opened her eyes and realized what was happening. "Put me down!" she screamed.

"Hessa, you don't understand, Draco Malfoy has erased some of your memories!"

"You're lying, he wouldn't do that to me!" she was fighting him and with Draco right behind him, he was starting to loose leverage.

"I'm not lying! He stole you away, I was to be your husband!"

"Don't listen to him, Hessa!" Draco shouted.

Hessa seemed confused now, there was something in her that felt this Marius person was telling the truth, but her bond with Draco…

Draco caught him off guard slightly and he dropped Hessa, the Dark Regime were coming and quickly and Marius had to make a choice. He had done this plan thinking that Hessa would be fine, but she was not fine, her mother would be heartbroken, but for now he had to leave…but yes, he would be back for his bride, even though it killed him to leave her now.

Draco moved quickly to retrieve Hessa, Marius had gotten away…never mind it…if it was war they wanted, it was a war they would be getting. He looked her over, holding on tightly, almost hurting Hessa and gave the command to hunt down Marius, to try and catch him, they would meet later at HQ to discuss what needed to be done further.

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She took a shower as he asked and came out in her bathrobe, sullen and unsure. Draco took it upon himself to smell her and make sure Marius' sent was nowhere on her. Hessa was a bit too quiet for him, she was thinking because she knew how he was.

"Draco…did you…? Did you do as that man said, erase my memories?"

He couldn't lie to her, she would know if he were. Keeping her from something was one thing, but this was something different. There was too long a silence for her and she started to tear…

"You did it, didn't you?" Draco stood in surprise when Hessa's eyes turned black, pitch black, a sign of a Conk's absolute anger, "DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!"

"AND WHAT IF I DID!" his voice was much stronger and more frightening but she stood her ground. "YOU'RE MINE AND I CAN DO WITH YOU AS I WISH!"

"If that were true, why would you even do it! You were afraid that I was happy with someone else…," she seemed to look down at the floor as if she was searching for something. "That's why you asked if I remembered Harry Potter…OH MY GODS! HOW COULD YOU!"

Draco tried to grab a hold of her arm, but she slapped him and it was a reaction she was about to regret because he backhanded her much harder. She crashed into a side table, the small trinkets broke and her hand landed on top of them, piercing her skin and causing her to bleed everywhere. Hessa tried to push herself up with her other hand but her side hurt badly from where she hit the table. He did not help her, Draco only good down at her in coldness as she tried to stand but couldn't.

The smell of blood tempted him and the fact that she was helpless did not help. The dragon's side was taking over, he knew that she was his mate and that she was trying to refuse him, to pull away from him completely and he wouldn't allow it. The blood was another factor; he craved to taste her flesh as well. He came down on all fours and approached her slowly and Hessa sensed something wasn't quite right, her instinct was to run but she was completely disabled, yet she tried to pull herself away from him only for her to feel him drag her by her feet underneath him and flip her on her back to face him.

Draco took the hand that was bleeding and slowly lifted it to his face, licking the blood from her hand, enjoying the very taste of her. And then he bit down on her wrist, Hessa screeched out. Once he had taken his fill, she was so weak, there was no strength left in her to fight him as he mated with her regardless of her wounds. It was only after did he heal her and take care of her…but Hessa no longer trusted him despite his sincere apologies, her form curled back up in the bed and didn't look at him.

"I will make this up to you later…now I have to go to a meeting, I'm being summoned."

Hessa said nothing and when the door being shut was heard, her hands covered her face and started to cry…she had to get away, run away, there was no other choice, he had almost killed her…Marius…that man that she was so drawn to, she knew why now and she had to find him…