Bellatrix Black, formerly Lestrange, paused in her strides before glancing back to the darkened alleyway she had just walked past, and the snarling emanating from it.
"You are a pretty shitty hunter if your prey hears you, you know that right?"
From the shadows emerged Greyback, face contorted in anger as he stared the, frankly unamused, Witch down. "What are you doing here Bellatrix?"
"Looking for you obviously, why else would I be in a place that smells more like wet dog than an actual wet dog."
His growling increased as he began to encircle the Witch, body tensing in preparation for a fight. "And what do you want me for?"
"Oh, it isn't for me, it's for my Lord. He wants to… well actually I'm not even sure what he wants with your dirty ass, but I would imagine dissecting you or something." She gave a 'what can you do' shrug just as the man decided he heard enough and lunged for her throat.
Her Wand was in her palm, and a Curse impacting him before he made it within five feet.
Another roar came from her left, as a second member of the pack emerged and leapt forward to avenge her fallen alpha. But Bellatrix was ready, and easily danced out of the path, before setting that one ablaze, cackling madly as the beast cried out in pain.
A third barely left a nearby doorway before he too fell, this time to a piercing Spell through the skull. The Witch laughed, happily dodging, spinning, twirling, and evading out of the reach of any each attacker before dropping them in kind. The bodies of the unconscious man's pack began to fill the area just as one managed to leap from a nearby rooftop towards her exposed back, only to be sliced in two before ever reaching her, a scolding coming from her apparent savior.
"How clumsy of you Bellatrix. It is a good thing I decided to come along and watch your back."
A half pout, half glare covered her face as she stomped her foot down onto the ground, "I didn't need your help Snape. I definitely had that one."
"Indeed…" he drawled, before glancing about at the corpses littering the ground. "You do realize you are going to be the one to clean this up correct?"
"Nuh uh, my job was to retrieve Greyback… and I am retrieving him, that means the rest of the mongrels are for you ."
"And I" he countered, "am not even required to be here." he retorted, staring her down as silence fell onto the scene. Moments later they seemed to nod in respect of each other as they came to the same conclusion.
"Make Lucius do it."
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"Well well well, look who it is. I am surprised to see you here Mrs. Malfoy, what with your husband's… situation and all."
"Ms. Zabini," the matron greeted in her usual 'Pureblood' fashion, "how nice to see you again, and who is the flavor of the week for you this time?"
The opposing woman's mouth twitched, fighting the urge to either frown or sneer in response, but they both knew such a reaction would mean that the married woman would 'win'. "Oh, a very attractive young man I met at the Ministry just the other day. Naturally he was completely smitten with me and practically begged to be my escort to the ball."
"Mmm" Narcissa hummed in acknowledgement. Honestly, she just didn't care, at the moment, about the woman or her latest 'conquest'.
The dark-skinned Witch glanced around for a moment, "Strange, I don't see your husband here. Still too caught up in work to be interested?"
Both Witches knew exactly what she was referring to, and it wasn't the party itself.
"He is, but I had another ask to accompany me instead."
"Oh? And which one of Lucius' old friends did he have to bribe to…"
"Narcissa? Ah there you are, I have been looking for you. I hope the Champagne is to your liking, took me forever to find it while avoiding the crowds."
Smiling, the woman looked over to where her date was approaching with two glasses and, noticing the shocked expression on her 'friend', smiled just a bit more. "Quite alright Harry, I was just having a short talk with Ms. Zabini here."
Emerald eyes glanced over to the other woman, whose breath caught in her throat, "Ah, I will have to mention it to Blaise the next time I see him, nice meeting you Ms. Zabini." He promptly returned his interest, and attention, to his date, "I heard they were going to start the dancing soon, if you would like to join me Narcissa?"
"I would be delighted."
She interlaced her arm with the one he offered, and they made their way towards the larger main hall, ignoring the sputtering of the one they had left behind.
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"Thank you for that," Narcissa whispered as they swayed on the dance floor surrounded by other couples. "She can be…"
"A bit taxing?"
The woman bit back a snort, "Something like that, yes. She never fails to point out the fact that I have been coming to social events alone for more than a few years now."
"Because of Lucius" he noted easily, earning a sigh and a nod from the woman he was dancing with. "It truly is one of the greater mysterious of this world. Why on Earth so many husbands and fiancés choose to ignore their lovely significant others for the dull world of politics and money."
She gave a slight shrug, while moving in just a bit closer towards him. "I just wanted you to know I have had a wonderful evening, normally I grow bored with these events but you have made this one rather fun, it feels like I have…" she bit her tongue to prevent any more words from slipping out, words she didn't want him, or anyone else for that matter, to hear. Narcissa Malfoy was a woman of prestige and control, and she was certainly not going to tell a teenage boy that their evening together had made her feel loved and desired once again, as if he was the one married to her rather than Lucius.
The smile he returned sent warmth through her body and gave her the sneaking suspicion that he knew what she had planned on saying regardless of her own interruption. "As I told you Narcissa, though you may not have been given a week of my time I certainly think of tonight as yours."
"Then perhaps…" the married woman mentally paused for a moment before working through the wording in her mind, "we can continue the evening back home, in our… I mean my chambers?"
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