Kiss From A Rose
Hope?
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maybe you will read some more Angelina fics now? (
Chapter 2
Hope?
“What
do you want?” she asked, surprised at how calm her voice sounded.
“Marry
me.”
weather was outside.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Are
you crazy?!” was Angelina’s immediate reply. For a moment she didn’t care that
she was facing a man who was probably a death eater. She didn’t care what could
happen to her or to her sister. She was too shocked at what he had just said.
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EN-GB'>Adrian
walked slowly closer to the bed and took his black robes off. When he stood in
front of her he put the robe around her shoulders.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“I’m
not crazy.” He said when he looked down at her.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“I’m
merely offering you a way out of this ‘establishment’.”
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EN-GB'>“By marrying you?
Tell me again that you’re not crazy!” Angelina dared him.
EN-GB'>Adrian
sighed and ran a hand through his brown hair. It didn’t really help though –
some strands fell back into his face and almost hid his eyes again.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Okay
Johnson, listen to what I have to say and then you can decide if you want to
get away from here or not.”
EN-GB'>Adrian
started and waited for her to agree. Angelina just shrugged and
EN-GB'>Adrian
took this as a sign that she would listen.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“My
grandmother decided that her first great-grandson of her will be her heir. My
family is anything but a small one and most of my cousins are already married.
Three of them already have children though they are all girls.”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“You
want me to marry you so you will get a son and thus get your grandmother’s
heritage?” Angelina asked him.
EN-GB'>Adrian
nodded as an answer.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Yes.
In return I will get you and your sister out of this place. I will bring you
back to
EN-GB'> and there won’t be anything you will miss. Your sister will be safe and
get the best education you could wish for. And of course you wouldn’t have to
worry about money.”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Angelina
narrowed her eyes at him and shook her head. There had to be a catch somewhere.
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would happen once I gave birth to your son?”
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EN-GB'>Adrian
looked interrogatively at her.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“What
do you mean?”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Who
can guarantee me that you won’t just get rid of me once you have a son? And why
would you want ME to marry you in the first place? Did you commit some crime or
why else wouldn’t you just search for a wife in
EN-GB'>England
EN-GB'>?”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“You
pose many questions.”
EN-GB'> sighed.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Wouldn’t
you do so if you were me?”
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EN-GB'>Adrian
nodded and answered her truthfully.
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wouldn’t ‘get rid of you’. And I
don’t want to marry a girl from
EN-GB'>England
EN-GB'> because I don’t want to be bound for life to some trained lap dog who
agrees with everything I say. Neither do I want some wife who will throw my
money away. I want a wife who’s able to think on her own, who has her own
opinions and not just repeats mine all the time. I want someone whose spirit is
free and who has some passion left inside of her. I want my wife to be my
equal.”
EN-GB'>’s lips curved into a slight smile “You’re probably the only pureblooded
witch to whom all these attributes fit.”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>When
he looked at Angelina he saw that she was considering all he had just said.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Think
about it. It can’t really get any worse for you or your sister than this!” he
moved his hand, showing that he meant the club. Angelina knew he was right. It
could only become better than this. So she made her decision.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“I
agree.” She said and looked up to meet his eyes. “I have some conditions
though.” She added immediately.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Good,
as have I.”
EN-GB'> said and waited for her to continue.
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will be responsible for my sister’s education. She will not hear that
below Purebloods. And I don’t want any child I give birth to be taken away from
me!”
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EN-GB'>Adrian
agreed with her conditions and Angelina sighed inwardly.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“What
are yours?” She asked after a few seconds.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“For
one: No affairs. For neither of us. You will be my
equal in marriage and any children we will have will be raised by both of us. I
promise you I will never hit you or rape you but you will have to sleep with
me. So I don’t want to hear excuses for you not being able to sleep with me
every night.”
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Okay.”
Angelina agreed although there is a part of her that fears she just made a deal
with the devil.
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went downstairs and
EN-GB'> told one of Big Jim’s Bodyguards that he demanded to speak to him
immediately. It didn’t take long before Big Jim came out of the room he called
his office.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>When
he saw Angelina and Adrian standing there he narrowed his eyes at her and
Angelina thought that nothing that would happen to her could be so bad as what
would happen to her that night if she were to stay there.
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the little slut not behave properly?” Big Jim asked
EN-GB'>Adrian
not noticing the way the young man’s eyes became cold when he spoke.
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think you best change the way you address my fiancée!”
EN-GB'>Adrian
replied coolly and Big Jim stared open-mouthed at him.
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heard me. When I came here, my cousin said there were only mudbloods and
witches!”
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isn’t… she must have tricked you! This bitch is nothing but a low mudblood! I
guarantee you!”
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EN-GB'>Adrian
what the hell is going on here?”
EN-GB'>Adrian
turned around to see Dyson.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“Your
cousin has been tricked by this little bitch there! She made him believe she is
a pureblood!” Big Jim told Dyson and made to grab Angelina’s arm.
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you dare to touch her!”
EN-GB'>Adrian
said and stepped in front of Angelina.
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do you remember Michael Johnson?”
EN-GB'>Adrian
asked over his shoulder. Dyson thought for a moment and then looked at
Angelina.
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is his daughter?” He asked and pointed at Angelina.
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EN-GB'>“Yes, one of his daughters.
The younger one is also held captive here.”
EN-GB'>Adrian
addressed Big Jim with his next words.
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will bring her sister here immediately. If you don’t I make sure that you will
be sentenced for keeping Mudbloods alive. You know what would happen to you.”
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saw Big Jim pale several shades before he sent one of his bodyguards to get
Julia.
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believe you also have my fiancée’s wand?”
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Jim fought hard not to curse out loud. He made to turn around to get the wand
when he heard
EN-GB'> talk to Angelina.
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there anything else he took from you?”
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EN-GB'>“A golden necklace and a locket.”
EN-GB'>
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Jim now did curse silently as he
walked into his office and came back out a few moments later. He practically
threw the wand and the necklace into
EN-GB'>Adrian
outstretched hand.
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turned around when she heard her sister and kneed down, carefully so she
wouldn’t open
EN-GB'>’s robe that still was around her shoulders. Julia ran to her sister and
hugged her tightly. Angelina kissed Julia’s head and stroke over her back.
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kept my promise” she whispered to her younger sister. “We’re leaving
EN-GB'>Argentina
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Sorry it’s short again, but I need to do something for my final exams
and still wanted you to have something to read. I’ll try to get a few pages
done for next week as well since the first week of July I won’t be able to
write because that’s the week of my finals.