Chapter 35

Will of Thy Own

It had been an hour and Draco still had not arrived. It seemed the meeting would take longer, no doubt they were making battle plans, he had mentioned a city, was that where she was before he took her? What truly plagued her was the mention of her mother, 'your mother will fix this!' Was she there? Hessa's frustration only fueled her anger and it caused her to do something drastic. Hessa stood at the window's edge…if this Marius could do this, so could she, but what if he wasn't like her, what if he used a different magic?

What did it matter? Either way, her life seemed pointless. Draco had become a monster to her and she not longer trusted him and when a Conk could no longer trust her master, she would turn on him regardless. Rarely did it happen, but it did happen.

It took just a minute for her to regain her courage; of course there were guards and she would have to blend to make sure they hardly saw her, but she was in pain still from her wounds, Draco didn't do a very good job because he was rushed. Hessa took one deep breath and put her shield around, then jumped as far out as she could. The shield seemed to cushion the blow a great deal but it bounced her hard on her back as it faded and knocked the wind out of her.

"What was that?" a nearby Regime guard heard her and she immediately blended into the grass, it was good it was night because otherwise he might have seen her, the coverage of the grass not being high enough. Hessa was shaking and her eyes followed the guard nervously as his foot nearly hit her hand but she dared not move until he decided that it was nothing and continued on a bit.

She moved slowly, careful not to make much noise, careful to stay out of the light of the moon, even like this, her outline could be seen and then she remembered one more thing…the dogs. Hessa leaned her head up against the wall in frustration…even though she knew the dogs and they liked her, they would draw attention and no sooner did she think it, did it happen. A yelp came from one of them being led by another guard, "what is it!" They came closer to the bushes and Hessa did the first thing she could think of….

"Meow," she rolled her eyes…that was the worst imitation of a cat.

"It's just a bloody cat! Come on then," the dog was drug away.

Hessa looked confused for a second, surely they wouldn't be THAT stupid? As she peeked out from the bushes…it actually did work. They weren't known for hiring the brightest, were they? Then the open field…she saw it, but the moon was so bright. There was no choice in the matter and Hessa took off, crouched and still blending as best she could but the dogs started barking and it was too late, she had called attention to herself. Spells were being cast at her and she had no choice but to come out of blending in order to protect herself. The spells were thrown back and some were hit, others tried to chase her down with the dogs.

"ALERT COMMADER MALFOY!" but as it was yelled, they heard and ungodly roar come from his bedroom window. "Nevermind…"

Hessa knew then that he would punish her, if not kill her and she started to run much, much faster but not as long as she would like. Her body was betraying her and the pain of her side started to affect her again. Desperately she looked for somewhere to hide and found it in a large hole of a tree and put mud on her so she was harder to smell and laid there, breathing shallowly because of her pain.

She heard his dragon fly overhead and him screaming her name and soon it landed nearby. Her eyes shut tight and tried to slow her breathing and it seemed he had given up and screamed about it. Slowly she crawled out of the hole and then someone grabbed her by her arms, pulling her arm, covering her mouth as she screamed, "no, no….don't do that, wouldn't want to draw anymore attention now would we?" It was Marcus.

He watched her, she was scared to death, "I forgot…you don't remember me, but we don't have time to reminisce, they're still looking for you." A wizard appeared and Marcus smiled at him, "Shelby, if you would be so kind as to apparate us to the city?" The wizard nodded and the three were gone.

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Draco tore his den apart while Voldemort stood there, "did I not say she would be trouble? Did I not say that she made you unstable? But you don't listen do you?"

"She is my MATE!"

"There are many women for you to have fun with, I provided them for you all so you would not be bothered with unnecessary desires."

"They will not provide me with a powerful heir."

"They will provide powerful enough heirs. What did you expect? She turned on you?"

"Because I harmed her."

"Because she belonged to Harry Potter…she can never be trusted Draco."

"Then what is it you expect me to do?"

"I think you know the answer to that. We have an amulet to the city, we use it and either enslave them or kill them all. Hessa must be executed."

"I won't do it!"

"Do not tell me what you will or won't do, you will kill her…show loyalty to your regime, make her an example."

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The Conk healer was examining her, Hessa stood in complete shock, unable to comprehend what was going on. The man named Marius stood there watching her but he did not touch her, neither did the woman who claimed to be her aunt or mother.

"She has two fractured ribs, obvious puncture wounds in her hands, and a sprained ligament in her right leg…most of it healed but not very well, it looked like it was done in a hurry. Cynthia, you can help her more than I, you have potions…"

"Of course," she had tears in her eyes. Slowly she approached Hessa, "hello, dear….will you come with me so I can take care of you?"

"Are you my mother?"

Cynthia was trying to hard to not burst into tears, "yes….yes, I am your mother."

Hessa had no reaction because she did not remember except to say, "I'm sorry…"

"We don't care," Marius said sullenly. "We don't care that you don't remember…only that you're back." He wanted so badly to hold her, to touch her, but he didn't. She came closer to him and instinctively put her hand on his face, Marius was surprised to say the least.

"I know I know you."

"Yes, you do…," he gently touched her shoulder. Looking back up at Cynthia he asked, "can you return her memory?"

"Possibly…but I don't know how complicated the spells were and it could be dangerous. To undo everything could be traumatic because it would all flood back at once. If we did do it, I would want to do it slowly."

"Fine…," he paused and looked at Hessa, he'd forgotten that technically he didn't have much say now, she didn't remember.

"It's all right, I want her to do it….I don't love or care for Draco anymore…"

Cynthia looked confused, "but I thought…"

Adamina interrupted, "A Conk will only be loyal if he or she isn't mistreated, if a master or mistress oversteps the bounds of their bond…it can be disastrous. Abuse, neglect can cause a Conk to turn on their chosen if the Conk has finally had enough. We are people too, so-to-speak."

"Yes…and that THING harmed her….I'LL KILL HIM," Marius hissed.

Hessa looked down, "can I get the healing done now, I'm just very…" She collapsed.

The Healer caught her while before she hit the floor, he looked at her, "she's lost blood and her body's exhausted." Marius took her from him, "she needs food since we don't have her blood type, it being rare from her being half witch. Have her drink the blood strengthening potions and that should do it, it will take a few days but she'll be good as new."

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She had been asleep for quite some time but her mother woke her now and again to give her the healing potions she needed while Marius sat by her side. Her aunt shook her head, "what are we going to do? The irony is that the wizard Harry Potter sent her here to us so that she wouldn't be harmed, so that she wouldn't be in the middle of a war and yet…here she is."

Marius smiled weakly, almost amused, "it's her destiny. One way or another Voldemort must be taken down, and since Harry Potter could not do it, we will. We should have interfered the first time instead of hiding, they could have used our help, Hessa has made me see that now. We've sat comfortably, avoiding the real world; content and decadent, reveling in our own needs rather than do what we needed to do. Others feel the same way, we can take them on and once we do this, others will follow suit."

"He'll come after her again…"

"And try to kill her."

"What?"

"He's part dragon, and everyone knows that if a dragon's mate tries to leave them for another, he'll try and kill her unless the other defends her."

"And you're that other?"

"Yes…I have to be. Soon, I'm sure, the attacks on the city will start if Draco has that amulet, she won't be well enough by then and even if she was, she still can't fully defend herself against him. The human side will rationalize but eventually the animal that he is will come out once he realizes that she's truly left him."

"Marius, I don't like this. He could kill you and the others…"

"There's always a possibility of death, but we've already created a plan, they were so arrogant that they let many things slip. It wasn't until I tried to get Hessa the first time did they even know they were there. They assumed that because we were servants that we would remain submissive and continue to hide…but we are protectors first."

"The others don't hold her responsible, do they?" Adamina sighed.

"No, surprisingly they almost consider her a hero of sorts. Many are asking how she's doing, but I don't bother to stay long and chat," he smiled weakly again.

"Did you want to marry her once she recovers?"

"When she retains some of her memory, more of me than anything…I don't mind if she loses the others…"

"MARIUS."

"What…?" he grinned mischievously.

"Honestly."

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It was the middle of the night when he heard her, "Marius?" He turned, Hessa was saying his name in her sleep…she seemed to be remembering something. It was good in a way, perhaps her being here was triggering something. Marius came over to the bed and looked down at her, her skin was glowing fully, she practically shined… "Marius?"

He sat down beside her, "shhhh, what?"

Hessa fluttered her eyes opened and sat up, "I'm sorry….was I talking in my sleep?"

"A little, you called for me."

"Was I?" she looked up at him and blushed, the tension of him being so close; it had been there in the very beginning. "I guess I must have been dreaming." She sat up and watched as Marius' hand seemed to caress her face, and her hand touched his wrist and then followed up his arm, he was very strong and she had no doubt he had an wonderful body.

Marius wanted her badly and was doing his best to hide his eagerness, he had not been with another, he didn't want to, once she was taken from him he had realized what a fool he was. Her hand caressed his arm and he could tell she was thinking… "I want you to know that I love you…that I have loved you ever since I saw your pictures." Her eyes shot up in surprise, it sounded so familiar what he was saying. Hessa moved closer to him and stood on her knees, this time hands gently touched his chest and it started heaving. Her face was neutral this whole time as if she were touching a sculpture or exploring and then she touched his lips with hers, and he responded just as gently and the more aggressively until they were fully embracing.

Finally she was on her back and felt him take off her panties and plunge into her, she gasped and groaned. In the middle of the heat he begged her to have his child, "please, I love you…carry my child…carry them…"

She whispered 'yes'.

What happened next was unexpected as he pinned her wrists, then spread her legs wider with his thighs, Hessa screeched in pain as he plunged very deep inside of her and pounded hard…he was building his energy to ensure the pregnancy. Then finally it took its course and he could barely take it as he screamed in pleasure into the pillows as she did.

It was done. "Are you all right?" he whispered sweetly.

"Yes," she fully embraced him while he was still inside her. "I love you too, I know I do…even though I don't remember, I know I love you." Marius held her even tighter….now he would have to fight for the mother of his child.