Private Message to Rachel Lamont

[alt_lucius]

Congratulations.


Bill Weasley? Really.

Interesting choice, my dear. Best wishes.

Comments

[alt_rachel]

Lucius Malfoy, what an interesting surprise to hear from you.

Enjoying France?

[alt_lucius]

Tolerably, yes, thank you.

And you, enjoying matronhood? How easy do you find juggling the demands of Weasley-esque propagation against the demands of your existing MLE brood?

[alt_rachel]

Fortunately, Molly Weasley has one grandchild to shower with adoration, not to mention other daughters-in-law, so I've been able to focus on my Aurors.

[alt_lucius]

Good! Take my advice and put it off, then, as long as you can manage. You shan't want the burden of additional entanglements when the inevitable time comes for you to leave him.

[alt_rachel]

I would have thought that discovering I was working to undermine the regime the whole time I was sleeping with you might have given you cause to ponder whether you ever knew me as well as you thought.

Apparently not, though!

[alt_lucius]

My dear girl, what makes you think I am not basing my assessment on your capacity for deceit?

[alt_rachel]

What exactly do you think I'm deceiving Bill about?

Bill, unlike you, was never the enemy I was fighting against.

[alt_lucius]

Currently, I think you are entirely genuine in your affection and your desire for a simple, uncomplicated bond. You may find it a blessed relief after years of hiding in plain sight.

Over time, however? You will grow bored with such a straightforward, forthright relationship. You will grow restless. Will he be enough to content you?

Let us hope so.

Make no mistake, I am happy for you if you are, for the moment, happy. I only wish to see you remain so. But you enjoy the hunt as much as the trap. Oh, I've no hard feelings: I used you; you used me; we are both unrepentant and if there was any surprise as to the outcome, it was only a matter of whose game would conclude first. You won, in more ways than one. So again, I say: Congratulations. You vanquished me. In comparison, your capture of Weasley is nothing of note. He's barely a worthy adversary.

But it is that thirst, that lust for deception, that thrill that comes with the risk of discovery, that makes me suspect that Bill Weasley is ... not your last conquest.

Enjoy him while he lasts.

[alt_rachel]

Well.

I guess we'll see.

[alt_lucius]

We shall, indeed.

Adieu, ma petite. Et bon chance.