Little Black Lies •| Regulus Black |•

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Cissy made her way slowly down the isle with her arm linked around her fathers arm, Cygnus Black. She carried a large bouquet of black roses in her free hand as she looked towards Lucius with a huge smile.

Looking back at Lucius he didn't seem too impressed, he just stared back at her with a blank expression. Men in the pure-blood families were never too fussed on weddings, in their eyes it were a business deal between two families to keep their blood pure. For us young witches it was much different, it was all we dreamed of since we were little girls but those dreams were almost shattered as soon as we found out we would be married off to men of our fathers choosing.

The little hope any of us held on to was the likes of Andromeda Black who had to abandon her own family to marry who she pleased but it wasn't as easy as that. Abandoning family would mean being abandoned from all life as we knew it, every single person we had ever grown up with gone at the click of a finger and having to start from scratch with not a sickle to your name.

I smiled sympathetically towards my sister on the other side of the room who was being held tightly by Dolohov. As if she would disappear if he even loosened his grip on her by an inch. She returned the smile as she held onto her rapidly growing belly. She hadn't announced her pregnancy yet, in truth she tried to hide it as best as she could as pregnancy before marriage was looked down upon.

She told me that father was livid with her for being so 'careless' but she did care. It was Antonin who defiled her and forced her to not take precautions to make sure she belonged to him.

The ceremony began and I drowned out the words of the man who was blessing their union as I looked towards Regulus who was deeply interested in the ceremony, strangely enough. He caught my attention and shot me a smirk as soon as he realised I was staring. A blush crept onto my face until I felt a hand squeeze my hand aggressively.

"If you're going to be my wife like you father has promised you aren't going to act like such a slut looking at other men in public, do you understand." I heard Barty seethe quietly into my ear.

I tore my eyes away from Regulus and looked up towards Barty and nodded, biting back an insult I was dying to spit at him. My attention turned back towards the wedding as I paid my full attention to.

Lucius and Narcissa 'chose' to take an unbreakable vow. Usually the pure-blooded woman is forced into this to make sure they don't defy their husbands or divorce from the arrangement. It wasn't a widely popular thing, it only happened mostly in arranged marriages like this and was quite illegal to perform. Seeing as the guests consisted mainly of my fathers followers and the Black and Malfoy families they had no issue to perform it without the ministry being involved.

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The ceremony finished and we all filed out in to large garden which were surrounded with black rose bushes. The sky started to darken and many firefly's lit up the night sky. Many black candles floated above us in the air and surrounded the dance floor where Lucius and Narcissa were having their first dance.

I could easily tell from the sight of Cissy's face that she was hopeful she could turn this arranged marriage into something meaningful but the look on the long blonde haired man was quite the opposite. He had an ugly expression planted on his face as Narcissa laid her head on his shoulder whilst they slow danced.

Barty tried to offer me a drink that smelt of mint, broomsticks and leather which was such an appealing scent. I politely declined.

"Do you care to join me?" Barty stood in front of me with his hand held out but I sat in silence with my arms across my chest as I watched the newly wedded couple.

"Let me rephrase... You will join me" He grabbed my hand forcefully and pulled me up from my seat.

I looked towards my father who was stood scolding my sister but had his eyes on me, with a look in his eyes telling me to obey Crouch. He pulled me onto the dance floor as several other couples joined once the song had changed and pulled me close towards him, snaking an arm very low around my hips.

I looked over his shoulder towards Regulus who was sat very unimpressed at the sight of me dancing with Barty. Ambrosia handed him a glass which he took suddenly and downed the brown liquid in one gulp.

It looks could kill, Barty would be on the floor foaming from the mouth at this instant.

I couldn't lie, the sight of Regulus being so protective made butterfly's float around in my stomach as a smile crept onto my face. I looked around to see both of my friends happily dancing with their boyfriends which eased the tension in my head a little as I danced with the man who tried to violate me more than once.

His hand snaked lower, grasping onto my ass as I winced at the feeling of his hand where it shouldn't be. I looked back over towards Regulus who had shot up from his seat and began to storm towards us until Ambrosia grabbed his arm and he halted to a stop quickly. His expression changed completely as she swung him around and guided him indoors, with a big smirk on her ugly face.

He just obeyed...

Something didn't seem right.

"Um, I just have to go to the bathroom" I told Barty as I slipped out of his grasp. He brushed it off and made his way to the buffet table without a second thought.

I hurried inside, not too quickly as I didn't want to draw any attention to myself, and started jogging aimlessly around the many hallways in search of Regulus and Amber. I came to a halt quickly as I heard a giggle from behind a doorway that sounded far too familiar.

I opened the door and what I seen made my stomach turn inside out.

Regulus was leaned back with his head thrown back, leaning both of his hands on either side of the desk behind him. The familiar brunette bobbed her head forwards and backwards in line with Reg's naked hips. She let go of his length and turned her head to shoot me a smirk but I slammed the door at the sight.

I couldn't control my breathing, I was hyperventilating as if I were about to have a panic attack at what I had just witnessed. Tears started to flood my eyes as I ran back down the corridor and burst into the almost vacant kitchen in which the friendly house-elf was doing chores for the Malfoy's.

"Dobby had noticed Nadia Riddle is upset, is there anything Dobby can do to make her feel better" He patted his bare feet towards me and cocked his head to look at my face which was now buried into my hands.

I quickly wiped my tears from my eyes and gave him a thankful smile. "I'm okay Dobby, thank you. Could I sit here for a while with you?" I asked and he nodded vigorously.

I took a seat on a nearby black rocking chair as I tried to gather my thoughts. Why would he even do that, he swore he had never even touched her before. Maybe seeing Barty grab my arse was too much for him. Maybe he is just the little man-whore he has always seemed to be. I bet he wasn't even a virgin and just said that to get into my pants. How could I be so fucking stupid.

"Would Nadia Riddle like Dobby to get Lillian Malfoy, Dobby like Lillian, she is very kind to Dobby" He stuttered in an attempt to make me feel better, as he fiddled with his fingers.

"Could you get Pandora LeStrange too, please, Dobby" I tried to crack a smile. He smiled back and with the click of his fingers he disappeared.

Soon both of my friends and their boyfriends hurried into the kitchen and found me crying in the chair. Pandora and Lillian ran straight towards me and tried to console me as I sobbed into my hands.

"Did Barty do something again?" Lillian asked as she rubbed my back to comfort me. I just shook my head.

"R-regulus and Amb-Ambrosia" I stuttered through many more tears.

Evan and Xenophilius stormed out of the kitchen in what I'm assuming to be a hunt for Regulus as the two girls comforted me to the best of their abilities.

Cissy found us a short while later and insisted that we return to Hogwarts and she would deal with the backlash from my father for me which I thanked her and accepted. We took the floo network back to Hogwarts after Pandora was unable to find the boys so left a message with Dobby to pass back to them.

I kicked off my heels as soon as I stepped back into the dorm and fell face first onto my bed trying to stifle some of my sobs. Eventually tiredness took the place of depression and the room started to turn black as I fell into a deep slumber.