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61. Bewildered
A ring.
A silver ring.
A silver ring on her right hand.
A silver ring on emhis Princess'/em right hand.
A flash of silver on an another hand. A matching ring.
A matching ring to the one she wore.
A matching ring on a more masculine hand caused him to snap his head up befuddled and stare at who owned that hand.
There in front of him, Weasley was holding his Princess' hand with rings on their hands. That bastard had stolen what was rightfully his. She belonged to him, not the bloody Weasel, him. A real pure-blood, not some traitor like Weasley or someone who bought their status like Malfoy.
She belonged to him. She belonged to him not the minute he took her virginity but when she survived. Survived him putting Malfoy's girl in her place.
He knew in that moment that the rumors about Callum Parkinson's death was true. The ones that no one of any standing talked about except behind closed doors with only their most trusted friends after having too much to drink. The ones that hinted that there may be more to Pansy Parkinson then meets the eye, that she was a worthy pure-blood princess -- worthy of his family's last name. The combination of that and her being Malfoy's girl was enough to make her his first -- and now only -- target when he set out to destroy the people and families that overlooked him and his family -- a good, old, pure-blood family that deserved the money the Malfoy's had stolen over the years and the recognition the Weasley's kept stumbling into.
Watching Weasley help her onto the train, he was just thankful he had had time to finish that heir charm because he could make that bonding disappear and she would publicly be his, on his arm, his own Princess.
Smirking as he cracked his fingers, he couldn't wait to see Weasley's face when she was bound to him. It would be more enjoyable then watching Malfoy's face after she had been found and he abruptly no longer had a fiancee.
Now he just had to get Pansy alone again: to activate the heir charm, to make her a willing participant as they created his child within her.
And he knew it was only a matter of time before he would find another crack and he would be able to grab her.
Making her his for the rest of her days.