—DRACO MALFOY⁴

Your family had agreed with the Malfoys that when Draco and you turned twenty, you would marry; it was an agreement to maintain blood purity and diplomatic relations between families.

Neither of you wanted this marriage, but there was truly nothing you could do to refuse, and so the days passed, until they became months.

The wedding day had arrived; the ceremony was to take place in the enormous garden of Malfoy Manor. From your bedroom, you watched the guests arrive and take their seats.

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