Of course it didn't, she thought. It's just a squiggle.

Her eyes drifted down to his lips, still stained pink with her blood. "Thank you," she whispered.

He swallowed. And then he was sliding his hand away, peeling his body back from her. He steadied her against the wall. "Mippy!" A crack and the elf was there, bouncing and asking if something was wrong with Miss. "Blood replenishing potion. Water. And another serving of dinner if Miss Granger wishes."

His eyes never left hers as Mippy popped away.

"I'll have the wards reset. When I chose a Blood Boundary, I thought it would only allow my parents. I didn't think..." He turned his face away. His eyes landed on her blood on the carpets and he waved his wand to vanish it. "I had no idea she would want you again."

Hermione flinched. "Want her" was not her favorite choice of words. "Why did she then?" she rasped. She'd have bruising on her neck in the morning.

His eyes grew cold. "She… disapproves. Of the way we're handling you." His gaze slid down her body, stopping at the bottom of her nightdress, across the tops of her thighs, and quickly set back on her face. Hermione shivered. "I need to speak to my father. If you need anything, please utilize Mippy."

She nodded, feeling warm from his wandering eyes. He turned and exited the room through the door while she stared at her feet, refusing to look at his naked back.

Mippy returned. She changed the sheets for her, cooled the bed, and stayed with her until she had a few bites off the plate.

Hermione lay awake, letting the Blood Replenishing Potion hum through her, running her fingers over the new markings on her left arm as she stared blankly at the ceiling. Only when the marks had faded into the same white scarring as the other word on her arm did Hermione see it.

Bellatrix had finished after all. Not a squiggle and a dash.

There, just next to the ink of Draco's signature, she'd carved an apostrophe and an "s."

D.M. ' s
mudblood

Chapter End Notes

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Chapter 10

Chapter Notes

Due to Real Life™, I unfortunately need to take the next two weeks off. I'm moving and will have family in town. The next update will be on 9/1.

BUT IN THE MEAN TIME, READ SAINTDIONYSUS' NEW STORY!!! Part one of Addicted (To You) was revealed yesterday through the Beyond the Book Fanfiction Nook's Restricted Section Contest 2019 and she won Best Angst and Overall Female Characterization. It's a Hansy story dealing with addiction of all kinds.

Huge thanks to SaintDionysus and raven_maiden .