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(This chapter is the same as yesterday but with some changes, because Twilight684 finished yesterday editing this chapter)

One week… For one week Hermione kept me out of her bedroom. At the beginning I didn't think that her anger would last so long… The truth is that I thought it was going to last less than one day and that after that we would have a spectacular reconciliation, but when I got into the shadows I found that the doors of her wardrobe were wide open, and that she had turned on all the lights of her bedroom. I got out of the shadows near the common room, and when I went upstairs, I found Isabel guarding her door just like every night. What shocked me was the fact that as soon as I approached her, she reached for the sword she always carried.

"You are joking, right?" I exclaimed, totally surprised.

"She says that at least she can trust me." She shrugged and I moved a little closer. "I don't want to attack you, English… She has made very clear that she considers you a threat," she warned me seriously.

"I can't believe it!" I took a few steps backwards. "You know that I can slip past you if I want, right? Does she know that?"

"Yes, I have told her." She looked at me with narrowed eyes. "Although, I don't think you want to approach her. Just now… She might attack you."

"No…" I closed my eyes, and I closed my fists to calm down. "Okay… I accept it," I said finally.

"Don't kill the monsters of the Abyss... It's not their fault," she told me while I walked down the stairs.

She was right. She knows me too well. The first thing I did was start a fight with them.

Their claws and fangs went through my body. The darkness entered through my wounds-dark blood, impenetrable shadows… I wanted to bleed, I wanted them to hit me hard…but that didn't make me forget about her warm body against mine, or about her blood. I kept remembering the sound of her moans, her laugh…

In the middle of the dark Abyss I could still picture her smile. Although my hands were sinking into the cartilaginous bodies of the monsters, I was still able to evoke the silky touch of her skin… Once I felt totally tired, once the monsters were totally tired, I had to accept that I was completely devoted to her, but I wasn't going to let her know that.

On the next day after a visit to the forest I saw her in class, and all she did was ignore me... I decided I wouldn't be able to withstand a lot of that behavior. Before, I hadn't tasted her lips. Before, I couldn't even go about imagining what that woman could make with me in the privacy of a bedroom... Before, I was a kid with too many airs and a brainwashed mind by the Dark Lord... Now I was a man with my own ideas, a vampire that could destroy the entire castle if I wanted to, a vampire that wanted her blood, her body, and her will.

I found myself trying to make plans to drop my blood in her food because in that way she would have to obey me, but Isabel's presence always prevented me from doing something as stupid as that. She never left her side. She even stood outside the door during classes because she thought that I might try something that would risk her safety... I wanted to kill every student that was in that classroom so that, when I was done, I could break her will with my persuasive powers. More than once the classes started later than usual because everyone was affected by those powers…everyone except her.

I never thought I would have any type of problems with a woman. Even when I was human they did everything they could to please me. Now that I was a vampire, they venerated me… I was a dark and lascivious angel, but also magnificent. That damn human not only avoided me, but she also refused to look at me, she refused to be near me…and Isabel enjoyed my misfortune.

The damn Assamita didn't need to feed so often. She refused to rest during the day, and she didn't leave Hermione unprotected for even a second. The assassin wasn't going to let me take advantage of a single moment of weakness because she had none. During one week I asked myself, "Why did Lucian choose Isabel to protect Hermione and not any other Assamita? Why did he have to choose the best one of them to be the bodyguard of a simple human?", but every time I thought that I answered myself that Lucian had chosen her because not even he could find Isabel's weakness…because she was the best in her field, and because he knew that I didn't want anyone to harm Hermione… He knew that I wanted Hermione to be protected, even from myself.

When the weekend arrived I couldn't stand Hermione's indifference any longer, and I was tired of watching Ronald laugh because of her indifference towards me… He enjoyed the fact that she didn't want to be near me. I didn't want to watch the faces of the Gryffindors, and even less the ones of the Slytherins… If I heard one more joke at my expense, I would be more than happy to slice the neck of the joker. I left.

But this time I didn't go to Aquitania. I went to a house that was located in London. I knew that it wasn't the best decision, but I didn't want to hear Lucian's comforting words. I wanted to unburden myself with someone. I needed to be by myself for a while. I didn't want to be simply Draco, but also a vampire…

"Young Magister!" a baritone voice shouted behind me. "What a nice surprise!"

"Hello, Tony." I turned around and I smiled at him while I ignored the shiver that ran down my spine as soon as I saw him. I knew that that feeling would disappear soon. "I have missed you."

"Weren't you in that magic school of yours?" He smiled and leaned against the wall, giving me time to get used to his presence.

"Yes, but I need some time off…even if it is a short time." We were beginning October and I don't think Dumbledore would allow me to miss more than a few days of classes.

"You can count on me." His smile widened.

"What's happening, Draco?" Julia said when she entered the room.

"Hello, Julia." I stood still. She was always able to guess what crossed my mind.

" Come here." She opened her arms so that she could hug me. "Poor baby… My little baby…"

"Wow!" Tony already knew. That strange connection they shared could sometimes be a curse. "I understand why you want some time off..." He patted my back affectionately.

"Now you are going to take a shower, you are going to get into bed, and you are going to rest…" Julia told me sweetly.

"This afternoon we are going to start having fun as much as we can. Would you like to start your vacation killing some of Mithras puppies?" Tony asked, trying to moderate himself around me as always.

"I had thought about something more," I looked at Julia, "…radical."

"Of course, dear …" She kissed me with a mix of lust and affection. "You can always count on us for this type of plan."

That is how I started my personal torture. Tony tried very hard to make me forget about Hermione, but he didn't manage it. Nothing could make me forget about her, and as the days passed, the desire that I felt to be with her got bigger. I enjoyed the orgies of Rome and Athens, the massacres of Sparta, but none of that took away the feeling that something was missing.

The last night in actual London, in the house that they have there just to piss off Mithras, I left a room full of beautiful girls that wanted to be with me, but I hadn't wanted to be with them. I walked towards the backyard where the greenhouse was located. Julia likes flowers so Tony makes sure that the most beautiful flowers grow there so that she can enjoy them.

"You have to return, Draco," Julia said behind me while she gently caressed an orchid.

"Excuse me Julia… I don't want to talk about that," I protested.

"I meant that you have to return to her. You are giving Tony headaches." She smiled at me.

"Seriously? Is that even possible?" I faked astonishment.

"Well, you have gone fifteen days without fully enjoying every single one of his attempts to cheer you up… I think that he is now thinking of taking you with him so that you can meet Cain," she shrugged.

"Okay, I'm giving Tony headaches…" I sighed, "I'm sorry. I didn't want to be a nuisance..."

She stopped me from saying something else by putting a finger on my lips. "You are not a nuisance. You are young and inexperienced," she told me, looking at me mischievously. "And you are scared."

"How did you manage to go through this?" I asked her.

"I was brought up to accept it and you know it." It's true. She's known Tony since she was a child. "Your situation is different from mine… Lucian has tried to prepare you as best as he can, but that is not enough. You are inexperienced, and you have a lot of problems."

"Could you teach me what I have to do?" I asked, putting my forehead against hers.

"I wish I could. I really like you. I would like to teach you..." She caressed my head. "But then you would stop being so charmingly innocent..." She kissed me sweetly.

"Maybe then your husband would stop staring at my ass," I joked.

"Forget about that. You will always have that beautiful face that drives him crazy." Her other hand caressed one of my hips, and then she grabbed my ass. "And I also like this fantastic ass. It is so…yummy." She bit her lower lip.

"I will never be able to understand your open relationship..." I whispered against her lips.

"That's because you are extremely jealous and possessive." She kissed me again, and she pushed me so that I was lying on the floor. "Tell me something, what do you think your sweet Hermione would do if she found out what you've been doing during the past two weeks?" She sat on top of me.

"She would cut off my head, probably" This time, I was the one that started the kiss.

"It will be fun to meet her at Christmas..." She licked my neck before biting me.

The only thing that allowed me to forget about Hermione for a few seconds was that-to get carried away when Julia drank my blood. She wasn't affected by the bond that could eventually occur if any other vampire bit me, or even if Hermione bit me...

I kissed her hard. I tasted my blood on her lips, and I thrust into her angrily. Julia knew that I wasn't thinking about her. She knew that her lips weren't the ones I was kissing, that I wasn't caressing her body, and she also knew that when I looked at her I didn't see her face… I closed my eyes and imagined that I was with a sweet and fragile human instead of being with a cold and heartless vampire. She was right, I had to return.

As soon as I arrived at Hogwarts, I went directly to the library. Isabel was there, at the entrance. She hadn't stopped protecting Hermione even though I wasn't around. I appeared behind Hermione, but this time, unlike previous occasions, I walked around the table to stand in front of her. She winced when she felt the shadows moving to let me out.

"Draco…" she gasped. Isabel materialized instantly in front of her.

"I don't want to hurt you, English, but if you get closer, I will have to," the Assamite said through clenched teeth. She was clearly angry for not having foreseen this.

"No, Isa, it's okay," Hermione said while she placed a hand on her shoulder. "He is not going to hurt me."

Isabel turned around just enough to look at her, trying to see if I had done something to her.

"Please," she begged.

"Okay." Her body relaxed, but she didn't release her sword's hilt. "I will wait there."

"Where have you been?" she asked immediately.

"In London with some friends," I answered.

"Why did you leave?" She looked at me intently, hoping to find some information in my eyes.

"Because your indifference was killing me. Are you still mad at me?"

"No… Lucian came to speak to me when you weren't here."

For a moment I wished I had my Sire's neck between my hands so that I could twist it. "He explained some things to me."

A cough came from the other side of the bookcase.

"And Isabel also helped… The truth is that I wasn't mad at you, but with everything you represent, with Lucian, with Isabel, with all your responsibilities as a vampire… I was mad at everything and everyone except you." She sighed before whispering, "Mostly, I was mad at myself for missing you so much." She avoided my eyes.

"Honey…" I approached her. Isabel wasn't going to attack me. She was there just because she was curious. "I have also missed you… I couldn't forget about you even if I tried." I lifted her chin so that I could finally kiss her. "Close your eyes and hold your breath."

On too many occasions I had heard her saying that I hadn't given her anything, so I decided to give her the only thing that was important to me, after herself. I hugged her and I entered the Abyss with her in my arms. Immediately, her body tensed against mine when darkness fell over us. For human beings the experience of entering the Abyss is very claustrophobic. There is so much cold, and all they can see is darkness. The demons smelled her, but they didn't approach us, maybe because they respect me or maybe because they remembered my last visit. I didn't care. I crossed the Abyss quickly so that she didn't have to be there longer, and then I appeared with her in my chamber.

"I'm sorry, dear..." I told her. "But I don't think Isabel would have allowed me to go out of the library, so this is the only option... I think that she still thinks that you are not safe with me."

"What happened?" she asked, shivering, still with her eyes closed.

"You have just crossed the Abyss… You can open your eyes now." I kissed her eyelids gently.

"The Abyss…?" She opened her eyes once her feet touched the ground. "Where are we?" she asked while she watched the strange decoration.

"Welcome to the Chamber of Secrets, my refuge inside Hogwarts."

"Your refuge?" Her eyes widened, and she took a few steps back. "But…that means…"

"Yes. I trust you enough to tell you where I lie during the day, Hermione," I assured her. "Sorry I can't offer you something more..."

"You have a bed..." she said, looking into my bedroom. "I thought you would have a coffin."

"I prefer mattresses-they are more comfortable." I smiled.

"Have I told you already that I've missed you a lot?" She looked at me playfully, and my smile widened even more.

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Twilight684: Wow. I don't know what to say other than I really want to slap the hell out of Hermione for acting the way she has. *sigh* I don't blame Draco for going out and doing stuff, and hell if I was him whenever I got back I'd tell her to go fuck herself for being such a stupid bitch . Don't know why she has to act so stupid just because he's a damn vampire. For god's sake she already knew this stuff, or at least she should have!