Rule Two

Draco winced. "That does complicate things. Any reason for this? Besides the obvious?"

"Well, have you ever heard of the Evil Overlord's Handbook?"

Draco shook his head. Must be one of those muggle things.

"It's a list a Muggle made up a few years ago. A Few months ago, your father got his hands on it."

"What exactly does this list say?"

"Well, it's an idea of what this guy who wrote it would do if he ever became an Evil overlord. You know, like 'I won't fall in love with my mortal enemy then leave so other people can get more evil'."

"I don't recall that one being on there," Ginny said, giving him a slight glare behind Draco's back. Blaise flushed slightly.

"Okay, but here's one that is: I will not have a son."

"Little late for my dad in that regard." Draco drawled.

"Yeah, he wants to correct that as soon as possible."

Ginny's eyes narrowed and her grip tightened around Draco's arm. "He'll have to fucking come through me."

Draco glanced at Ginny, his eyes straying to her inner forearm, where her mark, a virbrant dragon glimmered. She had stopped hiding it almost three years ago, from what he had heard from her. He liked it. It reminded him of why he loved her.

"So, we have to kill him before he kills me and without getting Mum killed. That the gist of it?" Draco asked.

"Pretty much, but it gets better."

"Let me guess, some of these rules you spoke of?"

"Yeah, They effectively kill most of our chances of getting in. All the men that work for him have to wear clear helmets, the ventilation ducts are too small to crawl through, and he has polyjuice detectors on every building."

"That does effect most of the plans we could come up with," Draco agreed.

"Any chance there's some sort of object that directly influences his power?" Ginny asked.

"If there was, he'd have it stored away somewhere. He's not that stupid. Besides, it's one of the rules."

"Wait, just how does Dad want to take over the world?"

"The usual way. Kill everyone who gets in his way."

Draco winced. He looked at Ginny. He could see some sort of plan brewing behind her hazel eyes. He studied them for a moment. It had been years since Ginny and Adriana fully bonded, but the flecks of amythyst in her eyes remained.

"I could go in, couldn't I?" Ginny offered.

"Nice try, Gin." Blaise said with a sympathetic smile. "But Lucius has it out for you too."

Ginny frowned and Draco looped an arm around her, drawing her close. Ginny smiled into his warmth. Merlin she loved him.

"No chance of Sirius helping out, is there?" Luna asked. Ginny and Draco both turned to the blonde girl, having forgotten about her.

"No. Sirius is in hiding cause Lucius wants him and his family dead."

"Whoa! Uncle Sirius married?" Draco gasped. "When was this and to who?"

"About three years ago and to Angelina Johnson." Ginny supplied. "Robbing the cradle a bit, if you ask me, but they get along famously so no one says anything."

Draco shook his head. "We can't ask him to throw something like that away. I don't think there's anything for it. We'll have to call in Potter."

"Not so."

Draco looked at Ginny. In that moment he knew what she was going to do and he wanted badly to stop her.

"Lucius knows Ginny Weasley." Ginny closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, they were bright violet. Her hair had darkened to an almost black shade and the dragon mark on her arm stood out against her pale skin.

"But does he know Adriana Riddle?"

(A/N: Ah, I love this fic. Really and truly. Hope you guys like it too!