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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 116: Breaking the Deal
Pollux made a gesture to the three Lords. "Sit down. We can discuss this while we have a light al. Kreacher?"
"Yes, Master." The house elf vanished, and just a mont later, dozens of plates appeared in front of them.
There were plates with all kinds of fruits, expensive cold cuts, and freshly baked bread.
For drinks, they all had glasses of vintage wine, although Jas noted that his glass only contained grape juice.
"Okay, the food and drinks are here. Can we talk now?" Abraxas Malfoy was already in a terrible mood.
Lord Edwin Lestrange looked quiet and cold as usual. The man showed as much emotion as a brick oven. He rely caressed his mustache and drank so wine while his eyes moved across the table, ultimately landing on Jas.
The current Lord Rosier was an old man in his early seventies, although his long unkempt white hair and massive beard made him look like he was well over one hundred and could drop dead at any mont.
His first son, and heir of the Rosier household, was a large middle-aged man. He was as fat as he was cruel, and his reputation did well to reflect that.
He was also the one engaged to Androda Black, the eldest daughter.
"Yes, Lord Malfoy, we can talk." Pollux could already tell that this was going to go south very quickly.
He stood from his chair and walked to an old bureau table he had placed in a corner of his hall.
"Mmmm?..." He stopped there for a mont as he felt sothing strange.
"Father? What is it?" Cygnus asked when he saw his father just stand there and look at that table.
"Oh… nothing." Pollux had to ignore the presence he just felt and opened one of the drawers. Inside, there was a large stack of papers. He took them all out and brought them back to the dining table.
'Uff…' Bella wanted to sigh, but didn't want to make any noise. She had been standing next to the table when all of a sudden, she saw her grandfather walk towards her.
'For a mont, I thought he had seen …'
But he had only been trying to take that stack of papers.
'Those papers…' Bella caught a passing glimpse of the one on top. It was clearly a marriage contract.
She now had no doubt that what Jas had told her was true. Her grandfather intends to break all three contracts, and Bella could not help but be extrely concerned about how everyone was going to react.
Malfoy was already angry, and Pollux hadn't done anything yet.
"Father, those are…" Cygnus could clearly see them since he was sitting next to his father.
"Lord Pollux, please… tell that you don't intend to re-negotiate the contracts. We already went through this extensively, and all parts were in agreent." Druella said.
"Lord Pollux," Malfoy spoke with barely contained emotion. "Think very carefully about what you want to say next, and the consequences that your actions could bring to this entire house."
Lord Rosier put down the cheese. "Lord Abraxas is correct. You are a very intelligent man, and you should be able to guess what will happen if you try t—"
"Lord Rosier…" Pollux interrupted him. "Are you threatening ?" He lifted the papers with one hand and used his free one to fetch one of the nearby candles.
"Father?" Cygnus and his wife were starting to freak out. It was becoming clear that the Lord was not intending to re-negotiate anything. He intended to destroy the contracts instead.
"Threatening you? Please… we have known each other for decades, Pollux. You know I despise threats… I was trying to warn you."
Malfoy glared at Jas. "And what is the purpose of that boy being here? Is this your way to tell us that you'd rather have your progeny tied down to a family like the Potters than ours?"
"Is that true?!" Cygnus could no longer control the volu of his voice.
"What?! I will not be marrying any of my daughters to those blood traitors," Druella exclaid.
"It seems like your family disagrees with you, Lord Pollux," Malfoy narrowed his eyes. "It is not too late to reconsider… put those contracts back in your safe and never bring this up again."
Lord Lestrange spoke for the first ti since arriving here. "Do not forget who is now behind us. Breaking this alliance at this point will be like spitting in the face of the Dark Lord… tread carefully, Lord Black." He slowly placed his wand on the table. "So offenses will not be tolerated."
"T-there is no need for violence, Lord Lestrange," Cygnus hurried to say.
"What say you, Lord Pollux?" Rosier asked. "Are you going to do the right thing, or are you going to be a stubborn old man until the end?"
Abraxas Malfoy was holding his cane very close to him. His right hand was caressing the top of the cane, from which his wand was ready to co out at any mont.
"What do I say?" Pollux asked. His hands moved quickly, and he brought the candle to the papers.
"I say do be so good as to BUGGER OFF!" The papers caught fire and burned quickly.
"Father, no!" Cygnus shouted.
"Stop him!" followed his wife.
"You will regret this…" Malfoy said coldly. His eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"You dare insult us and the Dark Lord today, Lord Black," Lord Lestrange said. His hand was now firmly grasping his wand.
"Ah… foolish old man. You forced our hands," Lord Rosier said. He had been holding his wand under the table and was about to bring it up… when all of a sudden, he felt sothing pass at trendous speed between him and Lord Malfoy before crashing into the back wall.
The projectile made a horrendous noise and left a large gaping hole in the enchanted wall of the main hall.
None of them had seen Lord Pollux make a single move to attack them, and they were wondering how he had done that.
Just then, they heard Jas speak.
"That was just a warning… put down your wands."
When they looked at Jas, they saw that he was holding a bunch of grapes in his hand.
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