::: Chapter 36 :::
"She's here my, Lord." Avery reported as he entered the Dark Lord's study.
"She is alone?" Voldemort said softly as he continued with his work.
"Yes, my Lord. She says she wants to see you immediately,' Avery started to turn to look at door as if expecting something to appear, but turned to look at the Dark Lord who does not seem to notice his nervousness.
'But if my Lord is too busy, I could just ask her to come back later?" Avery said.
"No. Send her in." Voldemort said calmly.
"Yes, my Lord." Avery bows obediently and left the room.
A few moments later, Aurelia and Avery both entered the den and the Dark Lord was still busy with his work.
"If I may stay my, Lord, I…" Avery began but was immediately cut off.
"Leave, Avery. Miss Flores and I have important things to discuss which does not concern you whatsoever, so just leave."
Avery looked from the Dark Lord to Aurelia, scowling. He didn't like it at all when he is not in the thick of things. Especially now that he knows about the foreboding news that Aurelia have brought along with her that the Dark Lord's right hand man has been captured or could very possibly be dead. However, he knows that he doesn't have a choice so he gave a final bow before taking his leave.
Aurelia waited for her cue to speak as the Dark Lord continued on with his work, not acknowledging her. She had been going through this scene over and over again in her head before arriving here, thinking up of every possible situation in which it could turn out to make the whole situation believable so as not to blow up her cover. Knowing that she was well-prepared calmed her nerves and at the moment, composure added to a few other things is very important. Finally, he spoke to her.
"You have something important to tell me?" he asked her. This time his full attention was on her.
"We….we failed, my Lord.' She started slowly and she felt her stomach turn as he made contact with her eyes. 'The whole mission was turned against us, my Lord. The Order had intended for us to come and we fell into their trap. We failed to capture our target and we lost all our men, my Lord." She swallowed right at the end of her sentence.
"How is it that only you managed to escape?" he asked her not breaking eye contact.
"I'm not too sure myself, my Lord. I was unconscious early on in the battle and they must have thought I was dead, so they left me. When I regained my consciousness, there was nobody there, my Lord. I didn't know exactly what had happened but I do know that we were outnumbered and when I woke up, I saw all the bodies of the Death Eaters involved in this mission my Lord except for one."
The Lord's face was full of interest as he listened to Aurelia recounting the incident.
"And who was that?"
"Rodolphus LeStrange, my Lord. I have reason to believe that he had betrayed us. It was only his body that was missing and so I believed him to be alive." She continued.
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