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CHAPTER 8:

Draco's POV:
I awoke to the feeling of my princess stirring. I prayed she would've learned her lesson and decided not to push herself away from my body like she had done the previous morning. I prayed that using the cruciatus cure once was enough for her to learn.

I smiled to myself as she suddenly realized where she was and with who, freezing for a second, then beginning to move away from me, hesitating, releasing a tired sigh, and staying where she was.
'Smart girl' I thought.

I turned her body around so that she was facing me. Her mouth was open in a little 'o' shape due to the shock of realizing I was awake. I smiled again. She looked beautiful. Like a teddy bear in her pajamas, her cheeks flushed, long eyelashes, wavy hair, petite body, she was like a goddess. Even with her imperfections, those tiny flaws in her appearance, she looked perfect to me.

"Hey there beautiful, good morning," I said.

'he-he-heyy there um hi...hi-h-hi there malfoy," she replied in a shaky tone.

I felt the bits of anger bubbling inside me, when I realized she was scared of me. Why wouldn't she be though? I mean, yesterday I hurt her, then took her out on a broom, something she was scared of greatly, then let her freeze and starve, before bringing her inside because she had fallen asleep.

I sighed deeply in distress and got out of bed. She was still staring at me, watching my every move, wondering what I would do. I smiled at her, pulled the covers, which I had accidently pulled of her when I got up, over her petite form and said, "I'm going to do my business, stay here", and without waiting for an answer left, knowing she would oblige to my command.

I took my time in the bathroom, I had a shower, fixed my appearance, shaved my beard, trimmed my hair, I took as long as possible. I then apparated to a muggle bakery, a place that I saw Hermione go into during every chance she got; (I noticed when I had watched her over the past couple of years).

I knew what her favorite food was from there; she really did love the custard Danishes. I bought two of them and apparated back, realizing it had been over an hour since I had gotten up and that she may have decided to get up herself.

I sighed gratefully, realizing she was still in bed, lying awake, facing the ceiling deep in thought.
She hadn't heard the pop of apparition, therefore not noticing my arrival. I crept up behind the bed and very quietly whispered, "Boo."

"Aaaaaaaah," she screamed, "Oh Malfoy, you gave me a heart attack, you were in the bathroom, how did you get here?"

I smiled at her again, a genuine smile, sat on the bed, next to her, and pulled her lying form up in a way that she was in a sitting position, leaning against me. I felt her hesitate wondering whether she should move away from me and then deciding against it.

"I bought you breakfast, thought you deserved a treat," I whispered into her ear as I handed her the paper bag. I knew she would be shocked but pleased when she realized that I had bought her something she loved as a treat, something she considered her favorite food.

She took the paper bag slowly, her face showing her to be in deep thoughts. Gosh my princess never stopped thinking, so keen for knowledge. I watched as she slowly opened the bag, looked inside and gasped, smiling in delight, trying to hide her happiness to remain neutral, but failing.

"oh, umm well thank you, I um thanks," she whispered back, not really knowing what to say.

I laughed a deep laugh, chuckling as I said," Don't stress love, just eat it, you don't need to say anything, go on you must be hungry, you barely ate anything yesterday, eat!"

I realized my voice probably sounded firm, like I was concerned, she might've thought. But I was concerned, she had barely eaten recently.

I knew her so well, that, just by looking at her face I knew all she wanted to do was dig in, and eat, but she didn't want to because she of course, HAD TO feel nervous around me.

I sighed, grumbling to myself, as I got up, looked into her questioning eyes and replied;

"I have some stuff to do, I'll be back, eat while I'm gone,", and then apparated out the room without waiting for a reply.

I was in the Malfoy Manor. The manor was mine now. Mother wanted to be away from everything, and therefore left to live on an island by herself. Father was in Azkaban, so the only living human there was me, if you minused the house elves etc.

As I paced up and down the long hallways, turning corners etc. I was thinking of where to take my princess after she ate. I wanted to take her somewhere unfamiliar, but a place where she could act however she wanted so not in public. And then it hit me, why not the manor?

I smirked to myself, thinking that is exactly what I'll do, and summoned a couple of house elves, giving them instructions on what to cook, to prepare my room in order for two people to be able to stay the night, prepare clothes for my princess as she hadn't showered for ages etc.

I then apparated back half an hour later and nearly fell in shock.

Everything in the room was messed turned over as if someone was looking for something. My immediate thoughts were that Granger was taken away, I felt the fury bubbling in me, and I felt myself panic, what if she was gone? What if I never saw her again? What if she was 'rescued' as some would call it, and would stay away from me?

"Princess, Princess, Granger WHERE ARE YOU, PRINCESS," I shouted the desperation and panic present in my voice.

"PRINCESS, HERMIONE, HERMI-", I said before being cut off by a quiet voice, which sounded like it was on the verge of tears.

"I'm over, ov-er here," she said.

I looked to my left and saw her sitting there, surrounded by a mess, everything upturned, empty as if she was looking for something. Without hesitating, I took giant strides towards her, and before she had a chance to back away or question my actions, I scooped her in my arms and pulled her into a hug.

"what's wrong love, what happened, who was HERE?" I said, the desperation still present in my voice, wanting to know why she looked as if she would burst to tears any second.

"my, my wand, it's gone, I looked everywhere for it but its, it-it's, it's nowhere, and, a-and I need it for everything, my life, my entire schooling life and outside life, I need my wand for everything," she replied quietly, a lone tear trickling down her cheek.

"oh darling," I replied, "your wand is not missing, I put it in a safe place, but I'll return it when the time is right".

I smirked and said "I see you enjoyed breakfast," seeing the empty bag, and the tiny pasty crumbs on her cheek.

I raised my hand and slowly brushed them off, placed a quick kiss on her forehead, grabbed her hand and said, "how about we take a break from here and go someplace else."

"like where," she said staring into my eyes, her face displaying her thirst for knowledge.

"like…. Malfoy Manor," I said with a smirk enjoying the look of shock plastered across her face.

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