[HP] Raven

Episode 37

Although it's been some time since her worst memory, Alex still has the occasional nightmare.Voldemort's scarlet and cold eyes stared straight at her, and he slammed an Avada Kedavra curse, and she fell to the ground like a fallen leaf, Bella's crazy laughter came from her ears.

"Alex." Regulus touched her cheek and shook her shoulder lightly.

She opened her eyes suddenly, and greeted the embroidered bed curtain under the faint moonlight.

"What's wrong. You're shaking." He hugged her.

Alex greeted the warm embrace in the dark, buried her face in his chest, heard his slow but strong heartbeat, and let out a long breath.

"It's nothing, Regulus, it's just a dream."

They always stayed together, talking discreetly in voices only the two of them could hear, exchanging messages, trying to put together a complete plan to take out their first target.For the rest of the time, they kissed silently and read books separately.On nights when no one disturbed them, they lay quietly in front of the table, and in the dark night outside the window were dim but twinkling stars.

In the spring of 1980, they received a wedding invitation.The invitation is from Dalia Greengrass and the second son of the Lestrange family, Labastan Lestrange.The wedding was held at Lestrange's manor, because the old Lestrange had not passed away, and the two brothers lived in the manor without separating their families.

A marriage between a pure-blooded family and a family could not be more common.Alex saw the invitation and handed it to Regulus, who glanced at it and understood what he had to do.

—

When Regulus woke up, it was still some distance before morning, he blinked, and began to plan for what to do tonight.

Alex lay beside him, breathing heavily, still asleep.

Her back is beautiful, with undulating bones, like mountains and rivers carved out of ivory, so delicate that it is breathless.He bowed his head and kissed her shoulder, and Alex shrugged slightly, but she didn't wake up, she was still asleep.Instead, he got up and went to the bathroom to wash up slowly, guessing that he might be the first one in the whole building to wake up besides Kreacher.

An hour later, he was shaving foam in front of the mirror in a towel, his hair was wet on his forehead, and Alex walked into the bathroom wearing a silk nightgown. She raised her eyelids and glanced at Regu Les, he automatically gave up his position facing the sink.

"Many thanks."

Alec unceremoniously requisitioned the sink and began brushing his teeth.She seemed to be remembering something, and slowly approached Regulus, whispering. "When you go to Lestrange Manor at night, you can go directly to their small reception room."

Regulus couldn't believe it. "Leaving you directly with Bellatrix?"

Alex said "hmm" and said nonchalantly. "Are you sure Malfoy and the two Lestranges will gather you together in their small upstairs drawing room to chat before the ceremony?"

"That's right. It's the custom." Regulus remembered Bellatrix's wedding as well, although he was still young and didn't participate, staying with the other guests.

"Then you can leave the other guests to me with peace of mind. You just have to find a way to get Rudolphs Lestrange's hair." Alex stepped into the bathtub filled with water.

Regulus put down the razor and turned his head. "Leaving you alone with Bellatrix? She's not going to just let you go."

She filled a little water with her hands and poured it on her shoulders. "...What I want is that she won't let me go."

He frowned disapprovingly.

Alex shrugged. "Trust me. There are so many people here, what can she do to me?" She paused, pondering for a moment, "When the wedding ceremony really starts, we will sit a little far away from Lestrange. not very convenient."

He walked to the edge of the bathtub and looked at her suspiciously. "Is it really okay?"

"I promise," Alex put his face on his arms, and looked at him, "Also, what is the secret code you finally set?"

"If it works, I'll compliment your eyes. If it fails, I'll compliment your dress."

She couldn't help but want to laugh.Regulus lowered his head and exchanged a kiss full of mint and shaving water with her.

While Alex was slowly putting on makeup in front of the mirror, Regulus came in with a satin-wrapped box.

"Narcissa insisted... She asked Dobby to send it, and Dobby gave it to Kreacher." He opened it to her and showed her a string of glittering necklaces, the material they both recognized, and a desperate mermaid would swim shallowly Weeping at the port, their tears will condense into such irregular gemstones after repeated drying in the moonlight, which is very rare.Regulus thought that Narcissa would send some gifts, but the preciousness of the gifts really surprised him.

Alex turned the necklace to the wrong side and found that "Alexanderia. Everley. Black" was engraved in very thin cursive characters, so she had to take off the triple string deep sea pearl necklace that she was wearing around her neck.

"How about putting it on?"

Regulus walked behind Alex and helped her put the necklace on.They both knew that Narcissa couldn't possibly like Alex, and that the only reason she did it was to satisfy her cousin by showing her attitude towards them in secret.

The guests rushed to Lestrange Manor in the afternoon. After greeting each other, most of them stayed in the indoor garden. A small number of very familiar male relatives went to chat in the reception room. If they were interested, they would have a drink. Ice water and spirits, and a few older wizards will also smoke a magic hookah with psychoactive hallucinogens on the sofa in the small reception room. The lingering lavender smoke will leave a trace of bitter aroma on the body .

She took Regulus' arm and walked into the Lestrange Manor. After making a brief appearance, Lucius came over and asked Regulus if he wanted to go upstairs to get together.He glanced at Alex, nodded, and turned upstairs with Lucius Malfoy and Rudolphus Lestrange.

All the guests immediately cast their eyes on Alex. From the appearance alone, she is indeed well-groomed enough, but what people are more curious and amazed is of course that she, a mixed race, actually sits in the position of Mrs. Black. ——In a way that everyone felt disgraceful, she seduced Regulus, and she insisted on staying until the raw rice was cooked before returning.

In the eyes of everyone, Alex is undoubtedly a gold digger who is greedy for power and unscrupulous. She first associates with Sirius, the eldest son of the family. Rhys' only younger brother, Regulus.The Death Eaters all noticed that Regulus fell in love with her as soon as she entered the Malfoy Manor. Later, the falling out with Bellatrix spread like wildfire, and Regulus actually put She brought back No. 12, Grimmauld Place, and she didn't know what tricks she used under Mrs. Black's nose. The hot-headed Regulus actually eloped with her.

Suzanne Crabbe was the first to see her, and immediately slammed forward, ignoring the pile of butter cookies and cinnamon apple sweet pie on the huge plate in her hand.

"Oh, Everly, no no no Mrs. Black, congratulations."

"We knew that when we were reading, you two will always be together." Louise Goyle also appeared, also holding a huge white china plate with a pile of frosting Cupcakes, topped with chocolate sauce and apricot jam.

Alex smiled dryly. "Yes. Thank you." A circle of guests who were present quickly surrounded her, and they rushed over like sharks smelling blood, congratulating her and Regulus on their wedding, and their words were full of With admiration for Alex's rising status among the Death Eaters.

Parkinson saw Alex in the crowd, wrinkled his nose, and didn't follow up to flatter her.

A young pure-blood couple Alex couldn't name came up and complimented her on the beauty of her jewellery, with the best of her life skills.

Alex took a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray, brought it to her lips, and took a sip. The diamond bracelet slid from her wrist to the middle of her forearm. She stroked the necklace around her neck, and the mermaid's tears There is a faint rosy halo in natural light.

"That's thanks to my dear Narcissa." She inspected the crowd and found Narcissa with a puffy belly. Narcissa smiled at her seemingly genuinely.

Louise Goyle stuffed a large piece of cake into her mouth and swallowed hard without chewing. "Mrs. Malfoy is so generous to you. Mermaid tears are one of the most precious gems."

Alex smiled slightly.Compared with the enthusiasm of the crowd, she always seemed a little arrogant.This is not surprising. Those who have dealt with her in student days also know that she is not warm to anyone. There were not many people who made irresponsible remarks to her back then, but she is already Blake. The temper has also become natural.

Bellatrix was filled with rage at the sight of her. "Lowly half-breed."

Alex knew the show was about to start, and she raised her chin. "I'm already Black."

"That doesn't change the fact that you are of mixed race," Bellatrix blushed, "you are so good at seducing men to elope, don't come back if you have the ability."

"Regulus and I are married. We swore before Merlin, and the Dark Lord admitted it." Alex put pressure on her calmly.

"Evely, don't think you—"

"Don't think why?" Alex interrupted her, with a faint smile on her lips, she seemed to be afraid of nothing overnight, and walked straight towards Bellatrix, saying that only the two of them could hear He said in a clear voice, "Don't worry, Bellatrix Lestrange, how much I want to climb up to the position of Mrs. Black, and how loyal I can be to the Dark Lord."

Bellatrix seemed to have never seen such a shameless person before, she snorted, glanced angrily at the other guests who were obviously watching the show, and walked away angrily.

After a while, Severus Snape came over.As an increasingly important Death Eater, he also received invitations, and was placed in a very corner position, which was out of step with the well-dressed members of the major families.He was wearing a plain black wizard robe, his hair was still greasy, hanging down his sallow cheeks like two curtains, and his eyes were gloomy.As soon as they walked over, the ladies of the pure-blood family immediately took out handkerchiefs filled with perfume to cover their noses, and took several steps back, some of them even turned around and left.

Alex stood where she was, and she and Snape didn't deal with each other back then.

She smelled of very strong perfume, which made it even weirder when mixed with his smell, but she faced him without flinching, and her diamond-shaped pigeon blood red earrings remained motionless.

"Congratulations, Alexandria Everly..." Snape wrinkled his nose slightly, deliberately protracted the pause, "Black."

"Thank you, Snape." Alex smiled calmly.

Snape had also apparently noticed the precious jewels she was wearing all over her body. "Looks like you're doing well at the Blakes."

Alex glanced at his plain black robe, which he hadn't washed for some time. "It seems that you are doing well alone."

Snape frowned in disgust and flew away like a black bat.

Narcissa walked over slowly with her stomach full, glanced at Alex's necklace, and said politely to her. "It fits you well."

"Thank you, Narcissa, it's beautiful," Alex said with a smug smile, "Regulus is very happy."

"Slightly expressed my heart." In public and private, and in love and reason, Narcissa knew that she should not have any conflicts with Alex. Regulus would inherit the Black family sooner or later, and was her cousin, like Belle. It didn't do her any good to treat Alex like that.

However, Narcissa exchanged a few words with her and was dragged away by Bella with an angry face.

After a while, Alex saw Lucius, Rudolphs and others walking into the venue talking and laughing, and she saw Regulus in the crowd at a glance.He saw her too, and walked up to her.

He leaned close to her ear and spoke softly. "Your eyes are so beautiful." Alex curled the corners of his mouth, Regulus held her hand, lowered his head, and kissed her fingers restrainedly.

The wedding ceremony began soon. Dahlia Greengrass, who was dressed up, took Rabastan Lestrange on her arm and walked towards an aisle covered with flowers. Alex sat beside Regulus, Looking at the bride contemptuously, Dalia Greengrass was almost sullen, and didn't even look in their direction.Alex and Regulus applauded symbolically after the ceremony, and the ball began.

The bride and groom performed the first dance, and then it was time for the guests to entertain themselves.Lucius soon went back with Narcissa, and Regulus also found a reason to leave with Alex.After rushing back to No. 12, Grimmauld Place, Alex quickly asked Regulus to take out the Rudolphs Lestrange hair from his pocket.

Alex checked, and the short, straight black hair was indeed Rudolph Lestrange's.Lucius had platinum hair, Regulus black and slightly curly, Rudolphus' brother had brown hair, and Bellatrix had long black curly hair.She hurriedly put his hair away and put it in the dark compartment.

Regulus found a few letters that Rudolphs had written to the Blacks and spread them out on the desk in their room.

"His handwriting." Then he opened the secret compartment of the desk, which contained the heavy locket and a letter written by himself. He took out the letter, "This is a draft."

He imitated Rudolph Lestrange's tone of voice and wrote a letter intending to surrender to the Order of the Phoenix.There are many reasons for choosing Rudolphs. On the one hand, although Rudolphs is also a member of a pure-blooded family, although his status among the Death Eaters is high, Bellatrix is ​​the leader. Rudolphs often feels underappreciated in front of her; On the other hand, because Bellatrix's crazy obsession with Voldemort is well known, even if he doesn't love Bella, he can't be indifferent to it. They are always husband and wife in name, and they can't lose face at all.He was the one with the most holes, so Regulus and Alex made him the first target.

Alex carefully read the letter several times, discussed it with Regulus, and changed some of the wording. They revised it for a few days and finalized the final draft—they didn't finish it on purpose, pretending to come up with a letter. It looks like it was interrupted in a hurry, and it's time to send it if it's finished.Then Alex imitated Rudolphus Lestrange's handwriting with a spell, transcribed it again on another piece of parchment, put it in an envelope, and put it back in the dark compartment.

"Potion Potion," Alex poured out of the cauldron one afternoon the potion that smelled of rotten cabbage, "put his hair in it and drink it... Go and come back, keep the letter In a drawer in their study."

Regulus drank the potion and quickly turned into Rudolphus Lestrange. He put the letter in his pocket—fortunately, they were of similar physique and dressed in the style of a pure-blood family. It's also generally similar, and they don't need to steal another Rudolphs suit.

"Are you sure..." Alex held him back, "Are you sure no one will be in their house at this time?"

Regulus explained. "Rudolphus has a lover outside, and he is basically away at this time of every weekend. Bellatrix usually goes to see Narcissa. The two newlyweds have gone on honeymoon trips elsewhere."

"Be careful, Regulus." Alex pursed his lips nervously.

"I will."

Half an hour later, Regulus returned.

"How is it?" Alex hurried up to greet her.

He directly drank the antidote that Alex put on the table, and he changed back to his original form.

"Sure enough, they're not at home, and the house elves are busy with their own business. When I went into the study, I put the letter in a drawer, mixed with other documents that Rudolphs handled."

"No one spotted you along the way?" Alex asked warily.

"No, I'm sure." He said firmly.

Relieved, Alex reached out and hugged him. "Merlin bless you."

They planted a landmine at Lestrange Manor, and quietly waited for Bellatrix to step on it in the grass - she would never give Rudolphs a chance to defend herself, any trace of betrayal would be of great concern. Enough to make her fly into a rage and kill the killer.

In less than two weeks, they heard the news that Rudolphs "died of illness suddenly" at home, and Voldemort threatened everyone not to be second-guessed at the routine meeting the next day, Bellatrix's face was ashen, like Swallowed a fly alive and couldn't spit it out.The funeral was held three days later, so simple that it can be described as hasty, Bellatrix simply did not attend, the newlyweds' honeymoon trip was interrupted, and they hurried back to preside over the funeral.

It was a cloudy day that had just rained. After a brief speech, Labastan Lestrange watched with everyone as his brother's coffin was put into the pit. He simply threw a few bunches of flowers into it and began to scatter the soil. The hole was quickly filled.

Regulus and Alex were wearing black wizard robes. Regulus had a white flower pinned to his lapel. Alex had her hair up and a black lace veil on her face. , did not wear any jewelry other than pearl earrings, and also pinned a white flower on the skirt.On their left stood Lucius and Narcissa, also dressed in mourning, whispering next to each other.

The two of them looked at each other and quietly held each other's hand.

The author has something to say: Why is it Lestrange? In fact, there is a reason behind the x. On the one hand, Bella is stupid, and on the other hand... emm can't say it until the end

Ah... this article Episode40 is over

And then there's the long episode

I suddenly want to write about generations of children...