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The room had become too small for the weight of what it contained.
Not because of the gown, though it seemed to gather the light into itself, nor because of the veil, which spilled from her dark hair like a thin river of morning mist over ivory silk. It was because the room +
though she had been looking for him.
As though his presence mattered.
He inclined his head almost imperceptibly, the old manners arriving to protect him where emotion could not.
โI am,โ he answered softly. His voice sounded older than he remembered.
She turned only enough +
๐ข๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ท๐ธ๐
@oathofashes
Lucius Malfoy had once prepared for exile with the arrogance of a man convinced he would never truly suffer it.
The house in London had been purchased in the final years of the Second Wizarding War through layers of shell +
the surname spoken aloud.
Astoriaโs gaze flicked toward him fully now. She would see he had not changed much, aside from his short neatly cut hair.
Neither shock nor disgust crossed her face.
Only surprise.
And perhaps something gentler.
โI can assist,โ Lucius said before +