Rabidity

Severus was pacing the front hall of his home while he contemplated on what exactly to do. The Carrows, two people he was supposed to work very closely with for the next school year, didn’t trust him. He had to lie through his teeth and admit something about him that was entirely false to begin with. He felt stupid somehow for bringing her here, to his personal home. Adrienne was more than just a bright and beautiful witch. She was mistress to the Dark Lord, and by far too young for someone like him. Adrienne had been a student for Merlin’s sake and he had made love to her only days ago in his own bed.

He walked upstairs to see the sheets were still disheveled from last nights rest, he hadn’t gone to stay with Adrienne, and he was worried that being there might raise suspicion. He remembered how the pillow smelled of sweet perfume and if he closed his eyes – he could almost see her there.

Severus tried for a moment to see things from a different perspective. If he truly cared about her – he would keep his distance, care for her when he could, but he shouldn’t have jeopardized her like that – he was risking her life and his by sneaking around with her.

Severus was uneasy about visiting Adrienne that night. What he wanted to tell her, and what she wanted to hear were going to be very different things. He was slightly hoping that something would come up allowing him to excuse himself. But after days without being by her side – he owed her an explanation.

Although he hated admitting it to himself, he had to see that Adrienne was once again another witch that he had to let go, and love from afar.
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“You haven’t eaten since yesterday, you have to have something now.” Narcissa told Adrienne. Adrienne was lying in bed, completely succumbed by a headache and fatigue. “You act ill.” Narcissa added.

“I feel ill.” She told her.

“Well it’s not like you’ve not been kept in complete health, perhaps running around in the cold without a shirt on?” she questioned, referring to her runaway with her professor.

“I stayed perfectly warm.” Adrienne snapped back at her.

Narcissa paused for a moment. First she thought that her mind was silly, that it wasn’t possible. But she realized she hadn’t asked about her time with professor Snape in complete detail.

“You and professor Snape,” Narcissa stated, “You both were… intimate?” Narcissa asked her.

Adrienne waited a moment, only looking back at Narcissa in hopes that she wasn’t going to get hexed.

“Well what did you expect?” Adrienne finally said.

“Maybe a little respect for yourself, and him?”

“Why? Because he was my teacher? Because he’s older?”

“Exactly why. Severus Snape is not the type of man you ask to sleep with you.”

“Why is that Narcissa?” Adrienne asked her, she could hear a hint of disgust in the back of her voice.

“A girl like you shouldn’t be with a man like him.”

“What so someone more like Voldemort is more my type?” she asked spitefully. “Severus had taken care of me the moment I lost my mother, and he is the only one I trust.”

“Well did you think that perhaps that potion you are taking can result in fertility, and sharing a bed with him maybe implicate the two?”

“Of course I’ve thought that.”

“Did you tell Severus? Did he use any form of contraception?”

“No. He thought I was already pregnant, from the night before – I confided in him.” Adrienne answered while she returned her head to the pillow.

“But we tested the Root the next day.”

“I didn’t have the chance to tell him the results.” Adrienne said.

Narcissa sighed, “I’ll get another Bing Root.”

Narcissa returned later with warm tea and extra blankets. She first fed her the root before allowing her to have a cup of tea. “Under your tongue.” She told Adrienne. Like before she waited until Narcissa cast the spell before spitting out the root. Last time the Bing Root was only a pink color – this time it as a deep purple.

The immediate response in Adrienne’s head was alarm, panic but she managed to respond coolly with: “So I guess that’s that.”

“We need to deal with it.”

“What’s to deal with?” Adrienne asked her.

“Getting rid of it, if the Dark Lord finds out we’ll all be murdered!”

“Exactly, he can’t know about Severus, and if he finds out we did that he’ll have us all killed.”

She waited, “He’d stop visiting if you were pregnant, he’d let you be until the child was carried to term.”

“And Severus?” Adrienne asked.

“We don’t speak a word of it. It keeps him safer if he doesn’t know, one less thing for him to worry about.”

Adrienne touched her stomach only half realizing what was actually happening to her. Even though the intention all along had been for her to have a child – she never expected it to be Severus’s, and she would never have dreamed keeping the truth from him. But she knew that if she cared about him that keeping the truth from him could end up saving his life.

Although Narcissa had disagreed about Severus seducing this young girl, she couldn’t help but feel that he had done her a favor, at least Severus could see that his child was raised well, instead of the heir to an evil race of witches and wizards.
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Then the evening became colder. Adrienne couldn’t help but layer on two sweaters while Narcissa tried to hold her still to tie a bow in her hair.

“You have to look presentable.” She said while fidgeting with a curl on her face.

“I think I’m plenty presentable.” Adrienne said. “It’s not like my picture’s going to be in the paper.”

“On the contrary.” He said.

Both Narcissa and Adrienne quickly directed their attention to the doorway where both Draco and the Dark Lord stood.

“My Lord,” Narcissa began.

“Please, witch, Draco has already relayed the news to me – with child, how pleasing.” He said.

“Of course my lord.” Narcissa said slightly bowing her head. “We shall accompany you to the dining hall, the others should be here soon.”

“Please, proceed.” He said standing away from them allowing them to walk before him.

All four of them were seated as well as several other death eaters that had arrived that night. For nearly two hours the discussion was held about prisoners, the ministry, and the final plan to destroy Hogwarts, and the wizarding worlds most undesirable no. 1. Adrienne couldn’t help but glance at Severus while others began talking. But before she knew it – her cheeks had become red from embarrassment when they announced that she would carry the Dark Lord’s baby, and he made it very clear that every witch and wizard devoted to him would ensure that child was taken care of. There was specifically no mention of Adrienne herself.

She couldn’t help but see Severus’s eyes quickly glance across her.

Narcissa escorted Adrienne back to her room promptly before many witches and wizards could ‘congratulate’ her. Narcissa hung up the first jacket that covered Adrienne’s shoulders even though she protested. Narcissa snapped that she should be dressed in her night gown and promptly asleep.

Narcissa said she would return momentarily with a cup of warm maternity tea. Adrienne rolled her eyes, she didn’t quite believe she would have something growing inside her this soon in her life. She felt a quivering sickness overtake her when she felt the cold flesh of the Dark Lord on her shoulder.

“Aren’t you proud?” he asked her.

“Of course.” she responed.

“Then why aren’t you smiling?” he asked her, “You should be overjoyed.”

“I am sir, I guess…” she stopped herself, she was only to agree with him.

“What my child, tell me.”

“So many people have to die.” She said. She caught his eye in the reflection of the mirror.

“It is how wars are won.” He answered back, “all necessary and noble deaths.”

“Even the children at the school?” she asked. Adrienne knew that after she had been given so much advice that something like that should never have been said.

“My darling, stand, let me look at you.”

She stood, facing him, after so many night close to him, this one wasn’t nearly as bad, until she felt the slithering serpent wave itself between her legs. Nagini tightly wrapped herself around Adrienne’s left ankle she felt an incredible rush of pain as the snake gripped it tighter, crushing, and breaking the bones in her foot.

“But they’re innocent!” she screamed, she fell, but he caught her – keeping her against him.

“They are not, they should know their place, and if they choose not to follow me - then they shall die. All mudbloods, half bloods, and those who oppose me.“

She could only cry from pain.

”You will learn your place.” he hissed.

Narcissa entered the room in time to see what was occurring, she dropped the tray of tea before trying to reason with him.

“My lord, she is with child. You musn’t hurt her!”

The Dark Lord dropped Adrienne, and Nagini curled away from her under the bed. Adrienne looked up to see Narcissa against the wall, her face was in his hands.

“You would do well with my mark…” he hissed at her, before letting go of her. “See that she is healed, and make sure that child is carried to term. Nagini, come.”

Adrienne still couldn’t help but cry, her foot was crushed, she couldn’t move in any way that didn’t cause tremors to find their way to the pain radiating from her foot. She also had fear for Narcissa the moment she saw her, the lovely woman had confronted him to defend her – to spare her some pain.

Narcissa wrapped Adrienne in a swift hug and held Adrienne to her chest. While they both took a moment to cry.
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Adrienne stood up fro her bed the moment she saw Severus in the doorway, she had been resting her eyes as he silently watched her. She tried to limp over to him, but he rushed to her bedside to support her.

He let her embrace him, as he had always enjoyed her arms around him. But even though his presence made her happy, he couldn’t help but feel guilty. He pushed her from his chest so that he could look at her beautiful face, his fingers trailed through her hair fingering the green ribbon still tied there.

“Narcissa gave it to me.” She said, “for the meeting.”

“It compliments your green eye.” He said. Adrienne was confused for a moment; she lightly touched her eye and felt a surge of disgrace. “You’re still beautiful.” He said to her. She had hit her head when she fell, out of the pain to there foot she hadn’t even noticed the bruising around her eye until she saw it in a mirror, now she had two painful reminders of what had happened.

"I told you not to anger him..." She saw a look of concern in his eyes, and a look of regret.

She smiled lightly while trying to act like her ankle wasn’t hurting her. Narcissa had healed it to some extent. – but it still ached and would cause her pain for some days time.

“I came here to tell you…” Severus lightly touched her eye, she winced to the pain. She couldn’t help but wonder what it was. She now knew that the child she carried in her womb was the child of this sad man. Adrienne couldn’t help but wonder that if she told him… he would smile. But she looked into his black eyes where she felt nothing but warmth and reminded herself that if she loved him, she’d keep quiet.

“We shouldn’t have shared that time together.” He stated. “It’s dangerous for both of us.”

“Please… no Severus I don’t …”

“We were almost caught before, who’s to say we won’t be caught again?”

“I do. We won’t please, I can’t… I can’t do this alone!” she exclaimed, “I can’t do this without you.” She truthfully told him. If it was his little witch or wizard, he needed to be here, she needed him to keep her safe.

“I’m doing this to save your life.” he said “You’re so young, you have so much to life for.”

“Says the man who found me nearly dead the night he met me.”

“Exactly why you should be the one to know it. I won’t let him hurt you, I will protect you.”

“Then you can’t leave, you have to… you have to stay.”

“I’ll always be here. Just not as often, and not as intimately. You have to forget it happened.”

“I… I don’t want to forget!” she was crying into his shoulder… begging him… ’please…’

With tears in her eyes she cried, she let them run down her cheeks and touch her lips. And with those same lips she tried to kiss him, without being able to stand on her tiptoe he had to help her, and she was surprised he complied in the kiss. She firmly held him closer while feverishly kissing him that one last time.

He abruptly pulled back looking at her like she had done something horrible.

“I… can’t…” he began.

“I know.” She said, letting another tear slide down her cheek.

“Stay away from you.” He finished. Adrienne let his words roll in her head completely before she pulled him back to her, not caring if someone saw or heard. She had to have him against her, loving her.

She pulled on his shoulders, and Severus got the message because he lifted her off the ground and she placed her legs around him. He pressed her against the wall while his fingertips trailed up her legs and underneath her nightgown. She kissed him passionately, sweetly, roughly. Like lovers often did, she pulled at his black hair while he licked her lips after giving them a love bite.

His hands now firmly held the rump of her soft behind while she couldn’t frantically pull off the buttons of his robes fast enough. She fluidly removed all his shirts once she had unfastened them, She arched her back enough to get a view of his trousers and how to fully set him free.

After Severus heard the distinctive sound of his zipper being lowered he pulled his wand from his pocket and pointed it at the door whispering several charms before dropping it at his feet. He went back to kissing Adrienne’s neck, then her chest, and then her breasts until he heard soft moans from her sweet lips. He squeezed her cheeks and then grabbed the soft silk that covered them. He grabbed her good leg and freed it out of the silk confines. With two fingers he felt her heat, the way it was wet, for him. He felt her hand freeing his own self from the confines of his trousers, where he too was quite excited for her.

Without hesitation he sheathed himself deep inside her, while her arms grabbed and pulled at his skin leaving little scratch marks. She looked into his eyes and asked for more and with the tension within his own head he wanted to do more than oblige. He wanted to give her the world, but for now he could only manage bliss. He sweetly responded to every command whether it was ‘faster’ or ‘slower’, ‘harder’ or ‘softer.’ But he felt greatly rewarded with every whimper, every moan. His trousers had fallen to his ankles, and his body showed no exhaustion from holding her against the wall. He felt her moan and dig her nails deeper into him when she couldn’t bare the knot in her stomach any longer – which brought on his own release giving them both complete satisfaction.

Adrienne kept herself wrapped against him while she closed her eyes and tried not to look too happy. He placed her slightly shaking body back on the ground, the pain in her ankle returned once she put a little weight on it. She limped back to the bed and sat on the edge while she watched him pull his trousers back up to his waist.

She touched her stomach again, remembering that there was something there. The size had not revealed itself, only the slight nausea. But it brought her peace knowing the child came from a good man, a warm and caring man… that had save Adrienne’s life… kept her company in the darkest of times and even made her feel loved.

Severus placed his wand on the table, and sat next to her. He kissed her forehead, and told her to lie down. ’try to sleep.’ he said. Adrienne had traced his bare arm while he held her hand, scars… the mark… they both had it. They both had taken it willingly, but wore it falsely. The only part that rang in her head was his safety… he had worried about hers, but Adrienne couldn’t picture someone like him loving such a girl like her.