Weddingringswerealwaysuniquetothepairthatweretobemarried.FortheMalfoyfamily,thismeantthatthepairwereoneofakindjeweledmasterpieesreatedoneandneveropied.Buteringswerepasseddownthroughtheheirsofthefamily.AnyonewhohadevermarriedaMalfoywouldhavewornoneoftheseringsduringtheetimeperiod.Hismotherhadwornoneofthem.

ButHarrywouldn’tbelikeher.Hewouldn’tusesomethinglikeeforhisownmeans,ofthatDraowaspositive.Itwasn’tsomethingaGryffindorwoulddo…itwasn’tsomethingHarrywoulddo.Harryhadtobedoinganotherself-sarifiingthing,hejusthadtobe.Somehow,he’dgottenitintohisheadthattheonlywayforDraotoretainhisianewastobeomelegalbywizardingstandards.ButwhatinMerlin’snamewashismotive?Hehadtohaveamotive,evenifitwasn’toneofselfgain.Butthiskindofthingwasnotsomethingyou’ddofora…well…afriend.Evenifesouldbebrokenandhadbeenmanytimesbefore,itwasstillnotsomethingdonefrivolously.Ifthatwasthease,wheneverteenagerswantedtobepereivedasadultsforanysmallreason,they’djustbeomeengagedtosomeoneandbreakitwhentheywantedto!Andnoonedidthat;itwasamokerytothemarriageritetodothat.Harrywouldknowthat,sowhywashesuggestingit?Draodoubtedthatsuhathingwouldbedoneevenbypeoplewhohadrushesoneahother…butthattookoutanymotiveHarrymighthavehad.Unless…well,unlessHarry’sfeelingsrandeeperthanthat,buttheyouldn’t.Butiftheydid…

No,hejustwouldn’tevenstartgoingdownthatdiretionofthought.HisownfeelingsforHarrywereonfusingastheywere,hewasn’tgoingtoaddthatintothemess.Sighing,helosedthesmallbox’slidandletitdropintohispoket,Harry’swordsomingbakintohismind.

“IfIweretosayanyvows,theywouldbereal.”

Real?Real,trueevowswouldholduntilthemarriagevowswhenthebondsofmatrimonyweremade.Draohadseensuhvows,eventhoseassaredasthemarriagevows,broken,eveniftheyhadbeenrealwhenmade.Hisownparentshaddonethat.Reasonsbeinggoodorbad,themarriagevowshadbeenbroken.ButwithHarry…Draoouldn’tdothatwithHarry.HarrywashisVeriaebonded.WerehetoproposeetoHarry,itwouldbemorethanreal,itwouldbebinding.pletelyandutterlybinding,nevertobebroken.

Itsaredhim,thosekindsofbonds.Itwasn’tthelossoffreedom.He’dalready“lost”thatbybeomingVeriaeboundtoHarry.No,whatsaredDraowashoweasyitwouldbetomakesuhaproposal,howlittlerestrainthehad,andhowquiklythatlittlerestraintwasrumbling.

Harrywoketethatnighttoanemptybed.Slowly,hestrethedandheadedoutofDrao’swing.HeknewwherehewouldhavegoneifhewereDrao.

ThedoortowhathadbeenLuius’sstudywaslosed,butlightreptunderthedoorwayasHarrynearedit.

Draodidn’tlookupasHarryenteredtheroomandquietlypaddedovertowherehestood,lookingatthefirepe.

“Iwasthinkingaboutremovingit,”Draowhispered.“SothatIneverhavetoseeitagain.ButIdon’tthinkIwill.”HeturnedmoltensilvereyestoHarry’sown.“Ithinkitwouldbebettertoseeitinreallifethaninnightmares.”

Harrynodded.Nowthathewashere,hewasn’treallysurewhattodo.HewathedasDraorossedtohisfather’sdesk,sittinginwhathadbeenhisfather’shair.ItremindedHarryofathrone,butDraodidn’tlookmuhlikeakingsittinginit.Morelikealostprinewhohasbeenforedtoomehomeandtakeontrolofakingdompguedbywar.

“Areyougoingtomakethisyourstudy?”Harryasked.

“Idon’tknow.It’sratherfartowalktofrommyroom.”

Harrysmiled.Draowouldmakethishisownstudy,nomatterifhehadtorosstheentiremanortogettoit,hewaspositiveofit.

“Wellthenwhydon’tyouhekitout?”Harryasked.“Lookandseewhat’sherebeforeyoudeide.”HerossedtoDraoandleanedovertheblondtoopenadrawerinthedesk.“Forinstane,what’sinthisdrawer?”

“Thatwouldbethequills,ink,andpaperdrawer.”Draodrawled,pushingtheenterdrawerbak.“Iknowthatmuh,Harry.”

“Howabouttheothers?”Harryasked,sittingonthearmofthehair.“Thereertainlyarealotofthem.”

Draosmirkedandpointedtotheleftsideofthedesk.“Offiialdoumentsandreordsareonthatside.”

“Howdoyouknowthat?”Harryasked,pullingthethreedrawersopenandthenshuttingthem.Draowasright,theywereallfullofdouments.

“ThatsidewouldalwaysbeopenwhenIwouldsneakinheretoseemyfather.”

“Oh.Whatabouttheotherside?”

Draofrowned.“Idon’tknow.ItwasneveropenedwhenIwasinhere.”

Theblondleanedoverandpulledatthetopdrawerhandle.Allthreedrawerspulledouttogethertorevealthatitwasonlyonedrawerbutthreedrawersdeep.

“Whoa.”Harryblinkedatwhatwasstoredinthatdrawer.

Itwasundoubtedlyapensive.Goldenanddeoratedwithdiamondgems,butapensiveheless.Draopulleditoutandsetituponthedeskandtheybothouldseetheornatewritingarvedatthebaseofthergehalie-likeholderofmemories.LuiusSergiusMalfoy

DraoandHarrylookedatitforamoment.“Thiswasn’tmentionedintheioryinfather’swill,”hesaidatst.

“Iwonderwhy,”Harrypondered.“Whatouldbeinitthatwouldmakehimnotmentionit?”

“Idon’tknow.”

“Shallwesee?”

DraolookedatHarryindisbelief.“What?Wean’tdothat!”

“Why?”

“Beause—”Draouthimselfoff.Therewasnoreasonnottoanymore.Hisfatherwasdead,therewasnosuhthingasinvasionofprivaywherehisfatherwasonernedanymore.

Thetwo

请大家记住网站新地址http://.123.

阅读（HP同人）Black Truth（英文版）最新章节 请关注书趣阁(www.sqge.cc)