“Who dares..” She whirled, a dangerous fan of gilded silk flaring out with her movement, the hair fell to her shoulders as silent as the sound from her parted lips. Anger had given spark to her blue eyes, but they turned softer when they found her cousin had been the one to utter her childhood nickname.
“Re…Regulus?” She trembled so much the tray rattled in her hands, the clattering caught her attention and she steady herself coolly again. She sat the tray ta a table nearby and folded hands in front of her, she had to for they were still shaking.
He was too young, too alive to be here. He’d been a pure Black through and through for most of his life but toward the far too soon end of it there had been rumors. Bellatrix had been loud of course, and Andromeda had been compassionate. It left Narcissa to reserve judgment and word, she never had to speak her mind on it. “I thought the worst.” If that meant he betrayed his cause or that he was dead was not entirely defined in her tone.
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“Re…Regulus?” She trembled so much the tray rattled in her hands, the clattering caught her attention and she steady herself coolly again. She sat the tray ta a table nearby and folded hands in front of her, she had to for they were still shaking.
He was too young, too alive to be here. He’d been a pure Black through and through for most of his life but toward the far too soon end of it there had been rumors. Bellatrix had been loud of course, and Andromeda had been compassionate. It left Narcissa to reserve judgment and word, she never had to speak her mind on it. “I thought the worst.” If that meant he betrayed his cause or that he was dead was not entirely defined in her tone.