The Raven and the Snake
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
9
Views:
2,107
Reviews:
1
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
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I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Chapter 2
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Chapter Two
Sighing, Nexi looked around the ballroom at the scattered clusters of people talking. Now that the ball was officially over she could finally retire to her room. Her feet screamed for rest and her face felt as though it were frozen in permanent smile. She walked to where her parents had set up court and offered tired gratitude for the ball and made her excuses so she could escape.
Hopefully her parents had noticed that she wasn’t entranced by any of the eligible bachelors that she danced with. Well, at least none of the bachelors caught her eye, there was one that stayed in her mind. Lucius Malfoy was the exception in the group of bumbling buffoons who stamped on her feet during the evening. He’d had such grace during their dance. He listened when she spoke, but didn’t expect to fill the entire time they were together with the noise of their voices. There truly was something different about him, she thought as she lazily made her way out of the ballroom and toward the stairs leading to her room.
A hand on her shoulder stopped her from stepping on the first step. She turned to see the man recently on her mind standing behind her.
“Mr. Malfoy, I’d assumed you left with your betrothed.” She smiled up at him, hoping she wasn’t as rumpled as she felt.
His lips lifted in a gorgeous smile as he took her hand in his. “No, Miss O’Dwyer, I couldn’t possibly leave without saying goodnight to you.” He brushed his lips across her knuckles as she stood motionless watching.
“Goodnight, Mr. Malfoy. It was lovely meeting you.” Nexi offered, unsure of what else she could say.
“Perhaps I,” he started, and for once looked ruffled. “I’d like to see you again, Miss O’Dwyer.”
She must be dreaming, she thought. Surely she was asleep in her bed and that’s why she was hearing the man she knew couldn’t possibly be interested in her asking to see her again. Biting her lip, she tried waking herself.
“Miss O’Dwyer?” Lucius asked, confused by her silence. Perhaps she didn’t want to see him again and was trying to say it without hurting his feelings.
“I’m sorry. I-I’m not sure what you’re asking me.” Nexi was sure she couldn’t be asleep. Her feet still hurt and her lip was aching from the bite.
Lucius smiled again, taking her arm and leading her to the sitting room off the stairs. Closing the door, he pulled her nearer him. His hand cupped her cheek and he gazed into her glassy green eyes. His thumb caressed her full lower lip before he lowered his head to kiss her.
Nexi gasped then sighed, opening her mouth under his. His tongue slithered inside and slowly tempted hers into a dance. Her hands moved up his shoulders to his neck and she clung to him, unsure her legs would hold her. A moan escaped as his teeth nipped at her lower lip before plunging in for another shattering kiss.
He drew his head back, looking down at her glazed eyes and swollen lips. “I want to see you again, Onyxia. I need to see you again.” His hands stroked her cheeks as he gently kissed her nose.
Unsteady on her feet, Nexi continued to cling to his shoulders. Licking her lips, she tried to regain some sense of control. “Are you sure that’s a good idea, Lucius?” Saying his name felt foreign, but she could hardly call him “Mr. Malfoy” after that kiss.
“I can’t think of anything better than seeing you again. Agree to letting me call again,” he commanded with a whisper. His hands had wandered to her waist and she couldn’t think of one good reason not to allow him to visit again.
“Please,” she answered, “please come again
Chapter Two
Sighing, Nexi looked around the ballroom at the scattered clusters of people talking. Now that the ball was officially over she could finally retire to her room. Her feet screamed for rest and her face felt as though it were frozen in permanent smile. She walked to where her parents had set up court and offered tired gratitude for the ball and made her excuses so she could escape.
Hopefully her parents had noticed that she wasn’t entranced by any of the eligible bachelors that she danced with. Well, at least none of the bachelors caught her eye, there was one that stayed in her mind. Lucius Malfoy was the exception in the group of bumbling buffoons who stamped on her feet during the evening. He’d had such grace during their dance. He listened when she spoke, but didn’t expect to fill the entire time they were together with the noise of their voices. There truly was something different about him, she thought as she lazily made her way out of the ballroom and toward the stairs leading to her room.
A hand on her shoulder stopped her from stepping on the first step. She turned to see the man recently on her mind standing behind her.
“Mr. Malfoy, I’d assumed you left with your betrothed.” She smiled up at him, hoping she wasn’t as rumpled as she felt.
His lips lifted in a gorgeous smile as he took her hand in his. “No, Miss O’Dwyer, I couldn’t possibly leave without saying goodnight to you.” He brushed his lips across her knuckles as she stood motionless watching.
“Goodnight, Mr. Malfoy. It was lovely meeting you.” Nexi offered, unsure of what else she could say.
“Perhaps I,” he started, and for once looked ruffled. “I’d like to see you again, Miss O’Dwyer.”
She must be dreaming, she thought. Surely she was asleep in her bed and that’s why she was hearing the man she knew couldn’t possibly be interested in her asking to see her again. Biting her lip, she tried waking herself.
“Miss O’Dwyer?” Lucius asked, confused by her silence. Perhaps she didn’t want to see him again and was trying to say it without hurting his feelings.
“I’m sorry. I-I’m not sure what you’re asking me.” Nexi was sure she couldn’t be asleep. Her feet still hurt and her lip was aching from the bite.
Lucius smiled again, taking her arm and leading her to the sitting room off the stairs. Closing the door, he pulled her nearer him. His hand cupped her cheek and he gazed into her glassy green eyes. His thumb caressed her full lower lip before he lowered his head to kiss her.
Nexi gasped then sighed, opening her mouth under his. His tongue slithered inside and slowly tempted hers into a dance. Her hands moved up his shoulders to his neck and she clung to him, unsure her legs would hold her. A moan escaped as his teeth nipped at her lower lip before plunging in for another shattering kiss.
He drew his head back, looking down at her glazed eyes and swollen lips. “I want to see you again, Onyxia. I need to see you again.” His hands stroked her cheeks as he gently kissed her nose.
Unsteady on her feet, Nexi continued to cling to his shoulders. Licking her lips, she tried to regain some sense of control. “Are you sure that’s a good idea, Lucius?” Saying his name felt foreign, but she could hardly call him “Mr. Malfoy” after that kiss.
“I can’t think of anything better than seeing you again. Agree to letting me call again,” he commanded with a whisper. His hands had wandered to her waist and she couldn’t think of one good reason not to allow him to visit again.
“Please,” she answered, “please come again