This wretched, cold manor | Bellatrix
How long had it been since they set foot in here? The water in the moat was stagnant, the place long untouched since its owners had been living in squalor for over a decade. Outside, the place looked decrepit and abandoned--which it essentially was. Inside, thick layers of dust covered everything. The Muggles couldn’t get in or see anything, and would-be raiders would find nothing of value since it was all hidden to mortal eyes.
Rodolphus stood in the middle of it all, taking the sight around him. They needed light. He would reclaim his old room and his old bed. Bellatrix...didn’t exactly share a room with him. Her decision, not his.
“Have you settled in, then, my love?” he asked to nearly empty air. He didn’t expect her to answer, especially not with an endearment like that.
