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<< Chapter Index )) Narcissa’s footsteps slowed as she quietly approached her room.  Although she knew no one, apart from Lucius, was in the Manor, she could not help but feel as if someone was observing her, heightening her sense of undress.  A draught from one of the windows played with the hair at theContinue reading “(nark11)”

<< Chapter Index >> “What a lovely flower, dearest,” Madame Black said as she looked at her youngest daughter and the flower she held in her hand.  Narcissa, whose thoughts had been miles away, got up slowly and smiled slightly.  “Thank you.”  She looked at her mother’s companion and saw that Alexius still had notContinue reading “(nark10)”

<< Chapter Index >> Bellatrix Black, unlike either of her sisters, did not have the demurring nature of a noblewoman.  Although her elder sister, who was now no longer mentioned, had been far from obedient and mouse-like, she at least possessed a certain sense of decorum around distinguished guests of the family.  She, however, hadContinue reading “(nark09)”

<< Chapter Index >> Narcissa sighed as she entered the castle in the early morning hours.  She had carefully removed the slippers from her feet, and although she strode proudly toward the main staircase, she did so carefully and silently.  A small smile played on her lips as she remembered the night before, the heavenlyContinue reading “(nark08)”

<< Chapter Index >> A tense silence enveloped Narcissa as she stared at the priceless ring she held.  The air was so palpable, throbbing with her very emotions.  Without even looking at the man behind her, a wizard she hardly knew, she slowly enclosed the ring into her hand.  “I should go,” she stated simply. Continue reading “(nark07)”

<< Chapter Index >> Narcissa smiled into the soft covers that enveloped her in her sleep.  She felt so inexplicably content as she half-remembered a delectable dream she had had the night before.  There had been arms wrapped lovingly around her, lips possessively though gently claiming hers, the words “I love you” hanging sweetly inContinue reading “(nark06)”

<< Chapter Index >> An awkward silence stretched between the two friends in the wake of her absence.  Lucius, while silently studying his cousin, was trying to discern how well he knew the youngest Miss Black.  When the silence became too much for both, Lucius finally drawled, “I wonder where she went.” “Isn’t that obvious?”Continue reading “(nark05)”

Nothing, Nothing at All chapter two << Chapter Index >> The chatter around the dinner table dissipated, and soon Narcissa found herself being addressed by her brother-to-be.  “So,” he began coolly as he began his second course, “was it indeed my brother?”  He was, of course, alluding to his fiancée’s former claim that the blondContinue reading “(nark04)”

Prelude Chapter Index >> It had been a grey day.  The clouds had washed over the clear Scottish sky, which although not uncommon had been surprising to the entire household except for the youngest daughter.  She had seemed almost to have expected it, to have divined it at such a young age.  However, her motherContinue reading “(nark01)”