There was something in the way Rodolphus spoke of their master that was chillingly similar to how she did. This was more than just a respect for a higher power, this was adoration in its rawest form. Bellatrix could see the reflection of herself within her husband’s longing gaze but knew his hunger came with the subject at hand, as did hers. It was then she realized what she’d missed all those years ago, somehow it made way past her that her own husband was just as devoted to the Dark Lord because he too felt the magnetism in serving. He too, happily fell victim to Voldemort’s accidental hex.
Most spouses would be upset by this revelation, or at the very least put off. It was different between the two of them. If anything, this final detail just fell into place as the last jigsaw piece and made everything make that much more sense.
Bellatrix grinned in pride down at him. Her fingers placed against his lips slid over them and eventually into his mouth. The pads of her fingers pressed themselves down on his bottom teeth forcing his mouth agape just slightly.
“With any luck he will orchestrate his first gathering since his return within the next few weeks.” Bellatrix took a long, deep breath in. Her inhale extenuated her already protruding ribs. She tossed her head back slowly and closed her eyes, like she was breathing her master in without his presence, and he was infiltrating her mind and body. Wildly fucking her soul. Her hands moved to the middle of Rodolphus’ chest. The mere idea of the Dark Lord was indeed erotic enough to make her lustful - and it showed in her body language.
“Yes..!” She hissed, biting her lip. Her eyes stayed shut and she imagined all of the things Rodolphus described, and more. All of the glory, so much power. So much justice. Bathing in the blood of their enemies. All in the name of serving their Lord. “Rejoice! In new, stronger beginnings..” Bella brought her head forward once again to peer down at him, a toothy grin still present on her face.
“What do you think he’ll say? What do you think he’ll do? I think we’ll be rewarded, Ro.”
His poor, beautiful Bella now might suffer from the infirmity of the character, yet she’d retained her every edge, the poisoned blade of her mind as sharp as ever, even if giving distorted reflections. She still knew who and where to stab, and could relish the streak of blood running across her matter. And just like Rodolphus himself, she was ready to lay herself into the dominant hand of the Dark Lord, shapeshift into a weapon as perfect as it was deadly. How he missed their personal flavors of the Unforgivables, the green light of the only fitting form of triumph. Now, the world was sprawled as a festive carpet beneath their feet, and they would walk it with their chins raised high, as the heirs of Black and Lestrange houses always should.
He lapped the phantom blood, the death-to-be, off her fingers, and his venomous ivories snapped shut upon her bone and flesh, always ready to sink into his own kin when the necessity called. In her stead, he imagined many, with every degree of affection and hatred. Mudbloods. Blood traitors. Death Eaters locking their mouths in a cannibalistic dance. The Dark Lord sharing Himself – ah, the last fantasy so acrid and so sweet! His eyes met the ceiling for a moment, where Lestrange saw the pallor of His skin. Something in his core twitched idly, responding to the pictures of the mind like a disturbed snake.
“Whatever He’ll say or do, I will accept it with tears of joy upon my face. Victory speaking in His voice – heaven in hell, a circle of bliss, and paradise in the lands of wizardkind.”
Reeling a wild lock of hers round his finger, he pulled her in for a brush of lips against lips that breathed secrecy, for they knew they were superior to any of those present in this house. They were the apex and the base of His pyramid of power, the essential ingredient in the brewing concoction of war.
“Seeing Him, standing before Him will be a reward in itself, but I am sure He will not forget our merits.”
He exhaled a laugh against her mouth and shifted his weight to throw her off, playful in his cruel mirth. Non-threatening grip round the marble column of Bella’s neck, Rodolphus marveled at the new bloom of his wife, a beautiful black flower and spikes meant to assault, not protect.
“The Dark Lord is wise, Bella, wise and sagacious. He knows what kind of people he wants to inhabit this country during his reign.”