Blackmail is not just for Slytherins

Blackmail is not just for Slytherins

Chapter 8

Draco decided it was time to make peace with his father, so he went home to Malfoy Manor.

“Father” he called from the entrance hall.

“In my study Draco”

When he entered the study he saw his father was seated behind his desk.

“Father…” “Draco…” they both burst out at once. Lucius gestured for Draco to continue.

“I came to apologise for…” Draco said as he looked at his father, he noted that his father looked rather tired, he still looked like the elegant handsome wizard he was, but to family, Draco could see the years and decisions he had made were beginning to wear on him.

“There is nothing to apologise for Draco…” he gestured for his son to join him on the couches by the fire where he had relocated to. “I must say Ms Granger surprised me…” he said with a wry smile.

Draco snorted “yes Father, she surprised me too”

Lucius looked at his son’s amused expression “I know we both said some things we no doubt regret, but can we just put that day behind us?”

Looking at his father Draco was surprised to see just open and humble he looked, all they had left in the world was each other, and it seemed that his father had finally realised this. “Of course father, we were both angry and things were said that, well I for one am ashamed of.”

With a small smile Lucius nodded. “So… Ms Granger?” he looked at his son “I knew you were working together during your training at Hogwarts, but I did not expect this…”

Draco watched his father’s face for a glimpse of disgust, but all he saw was bewilderment and a little amusement. He took a deep breath and explained to his father about the contract, from the beginning where he had attempted to slip her a potion to last night when they had made love.

“Draco….” His father looked at him levelly “do you love her?”

Whilst waiting for his father to explode, Draco smiled “you know something father, I think that I do. But…”


“But…?” Lucius asked.

“She does not want me; she merely used me as part of my punishment”

“Draco, I feel she is not indifferent to you, I saw that during the time I was … umm … there” Lucius responded.

“I did not know she planned that.”

“I cannot say it was not, arousing, she did have me worried however when she told you to…”

Draco smiled, “I was pretty sure she would not actually make me touch you… so I merely played along.”

Lucius looked stunned “pretty sure?”

“Well I was relying on her being a good little Gryffindor at heart” he grinned at his father.

“So what is your plan now?” Lucius asked his son, before calling a house elf to bring them both a fire whisky.

“What plan?” Draco asked.

“Well I am assuming that you do not wish to let the girl go”

“You almost sound as though you do not mind father…”

“Draco a lot of things have changed, I am older and wiser now and realise that I was brought up to be pretty ignorant with narrow and bigoted views. I broke up our family and nearly cost us all our lives when I allied our family with a madman. But I am a big enough man to admit when I was wrong, and in this… I was very wrong. If the wizarding world is to survive it needs new blood.”

“And if that blood is not pure?” Draco asked not expecting the answer he got.

“Power and potency is more important than purity, and the Granger girl is a very powerful young witch, she would bring a great deal of magic into the family if that is to be your choice.”

Draco stared at his father “so if I were to tell you that I wanted to marry the girl you not crucio me to within an inch of my life?”

Lucius smirked at his son “well I didn’t say that”

Looking at his father Draco was puzzled for a moment and then was shocked to see his father laugh for the first time in many many years.
“So we have a plan to make in order to get you your witch don’t we?”

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Seven days later Hermione was back at Hogwarts, when she received a note by owl from Draco, it merely said:


Hermione

We need to talk, RoR 8pm tonight.

Draco


She considered the note and by the time 8pm came around she was still in two minds whether to meet with him or not, but by 7.45pm she found herself mounting the stairs on her way to the Room of Requirement.

When she entered the room Draco was sitting at a table set for two, he stood as she entered “Hermione…”

He drew out a chair for Hermione to sit. “I’m glad you came, I wasn’t sure you would”

“Me either to be honest Draco” Hermione sat in the chair and let him adjust it for her “look what do you want Draco?”

“Well I guess I could get straight to the point I suppose” he replied.

“I would appreciate it if you would” Hermione responded coldly.

“I was thinking about our contract”

“That contract is over Draco, I would rather put it behind us”

Draco smiled “I’m sure you would, however it comes to mind that a certain friend of yours would not be pleased with you were he to come across a memoir stick”

Hermione saw Draco pull something out of his pocket it was the stick of data she had given him “memory stick…” she whispered.

“Sorry what was that?”

“It’s a memory stick not a memoir stick” she corrected

“Whatever” he shrugged “I’m sure the name will not affect how Potter reacts to it when he sees this”

“Are you blackmailing me Draco?”

“Well it would seem that way now wouldn’t it Hermione…”

Draco sat silently for a moment or two…

“I want what you offered me Hermione…” he then repeated to her what she had said to him months earlier… “You will become mine Hermione, you will give yourself to me entirely, you will come to me when I say and you will do what I say, you will accept me as your Master and you will obey me!”

Hermione sat staring at him “are you serious Draco?”

“Were you serious Hermione?”

She didn’t respond to him, she merely blushed.

“You have 30 minutes to decide Hermione, but ensure you make the right decision, or Mr Potter will be receiving an owl”

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So Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy entered into another contract ….

The End




Epilogue


Six months later…

Hermione was cleaning the room she now shared with Draco Malfoy, their contract was coming to an end and she found herself not really wanting it to. She found she liked Draco, they sometimes fought, but they laughed a lot and loved even more.

He had taken her home to Malfoy Manor under the pretence of her needing to apologise to his father. But in truth it had been Lucius who had apologised to her, and begged her forgiveness for being an ignorant idiot for all those years.

Now it was all about to come to an end, she folded some laundry and opened Draco’s top drawer, when she found some photographs, they were pictures of her, in some very explicit poses. They had taken the photos a couple of weeks earlier and Draco had sworn he had destroyed them, but he hadn’t.

Hermione was furious, she grabbed the photos from the drawer and was about to leave the room to give Draco a very loud piece of her mind… but she stopped in her tracked and smiled to herself.

Hermione put the pictures away in a locked box with some of her other possessions; she had just found the thing to ensure she and Draco had another six months together…


Two years later…

The Daily Prophet carried the front page new and loads of pictures of the society wedding of the year, Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger had married in a lavish ceremony held at Malfoy Manor.

When the Minister overseeing the marriage had declared ‘you may now kiss the bride’ Draco had swept his wife into his arms and proceeded to snog her to within an inch of her life as could now be seen by the entire wizarding world, thanks to the full colour spread inside the newspaper.

The End….

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a/n

Well there you go, will it be happy ever after? Who knows, I couldn’t go with a conventional ending for an unconventional couple.

I hope you enjoyed this fic, I am working on new ones but will not be posting these until they are complete – so no more long waits for chapters!!

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