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The Art of Betrayal - Chapter 9: Started to Say Sorry [AO3] [FFN]

M/E - Complete - Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger - 1920s Muggle AU

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Her heart plummeted into her stomach.

Another wave of nausea came with a vengeance and, incapable of holding it back, she retched into the darkness behind her. Wiping the gross slickness across her face off with the back of her coat sleeve, Hermione mentally prepared herself to enter the room.

Not that she had a plan but clearly, she couldn't afford to wait any longer.

"Stop!" Hermione shouted as she barged in. "Don't move. Don't fucking move!"

The men stopped what they were about to do, lowering their weapons if only due to shock, not fear for what she would do to them if they didn't. Which was fair, she supposed. What reason did they really have to fear her?

There were four of them. Four men. All older than she was. Across from them, bound to a metal chair, was Draco. He looked terrible; his lip was busted and bleeding, one of his eyes was swollen shut and black, and across his arms and bare torso were bruises and cuts in various stages of healing that suggested this was where Draco had been the past two days.

[spuffycarrie]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/20 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Original Characters, Harry Potter, Voldemort (Harry Potter), Theodore Nott, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Other Character Tags to Be Added *Please see Ao3 for tags*

Summary:

Voldemort has triumphed. Draco Malfoy becomes a trusted assassin under the Dark Lord’s regime, targeting escaped Order members and other traitorous wizarding Britain’s worldwide for eradication. Amnesiac schoolteacher, Hermione Wilkins, lives in Australia with her parents and her daughter, a world away from Wizarding Britain, with no memory of her magical past. On March 31st, 2004, Draco is handed a note with the whereabouts of a key Order member, someone long thought dead. He organises a portkey immediately to bring them to Voldemort’s style of justice. Little does Hermione know, her life will never be the same again.

A sneak peek...

Chapter 1 - May you get to heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead – An Irish Proverb

Draco’s job as an undercover assassin was possibly the worst kept secret in the wizarding world. All manner of creatures were afraid of him but luckily for them, he was no high executioner; that job fell to Macnair.

He took the letter from Mippys silver platter and read it. "I won't require any dinner tonight. I'll return in a few days." He said rather gruffly, sending Mippy scuttling away. 

Taking out an address and two photographs, he pocketed them, burning the letter in the fire. 

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I’m sending such love to @mimifreed​ for the awesome board and @riverrr​ for supporting me and her input as beta to write this. You are both brilliant!

[spuffycarrie]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/20 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Original Characters, Harry Potter, Voldemort (Harry Potter), Theodore Nott, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Other Character Tags to Be Added Additional Tags: Check Ao3 tags before reading/ Darker themes

Chapter 2 has been posted! 

Weekly Wednesday updates will continue on this pre-written, multi-chap story. Thanks to everyone who has said they’re enjoying this so far, love to you all.

Summary:

Voldemort has triumphed. Draco Malfoy becomes a trusted assassin under the Dark Lord’s regime, targeting escaped Order members and other traitorous wizarding Britain’s worldwide for eradication. Amnesiac schoolteacher, Hermione Wilkins, lives in Australia with her parents and her daughter, a world away from Wizarding Britain, with no memory of her magical past. On March 31st, 2004, Draco is handed a note with the whereabouts of a key Order member, someone long thought dead. He organises a portkey immediately to bring them to Voldemort’s style of justice. Little does Hermione know, her life will never be the same again.

A Sneak Peek: 

"Hermione, you have to go, now!" The dark-haired boy in the spectacles shouted. 

"Harry, no, please, you don't understand, I can't leave you like this." She yelled stubbornly.

"You can and you will, now take the portkey!" He demanded.

She shook his hand off, refusing to take it.

An orange haired boy rushed to their side, "You need to go, Hermione." The boy looked back at the chaos behind them with horror filled eyes. "Make her go now, Harry!" 

There was an explosion and Hermione felt herself thrown against a wall, cracking her skull with a sickening crunch. 

Through noise and screams she heard Harry’s voice. "I love you, I'm sorry, be happy." She felt lips against her forehead and a pull as her world imploded. 

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Much love to the amazing @Riverrr on Ao3 for her beta work and again to @mimifreed​ for the wonderful board <3