"Mom!" Draco called out as his voice echoed through the mansion. His call was left unanswered as he placed his hand onto the railing and slowly descended down the stairs. "Mom!!" He said again, this time with more rigour but to no avail. He walked over to the large doors of the dining room as confusion dawned on his face. He placed his hand on the intricate pattern carved into the oak wood before pushing them open. He closed the door behind him and turned around to look at the contents of this room, to his horror he found something that made the blood in veins run cold.

His sister was seated on a wooden chair, her hands and feet tied up as her face was pointing downwards.

"Y/N!" He screamed and ran towards her only to be stopped by his fathers cane. He wouldn't dare disobey him in any other circumstance but seeing his sister in that state made him furious. He pushed away the cane and ran forward. He bent on his knees to be eye level with Y/N, who looked unconscious. Her nose was broken and her face was covered in blood. "Y/N!" He said again, this time tears streaming down his face. He held onto her shoulders and shook her but she didn't wake.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO HER!" He screamed at his father who was standing only a few feet away. He raised his brow as a warning for Draco to lower his voice but he wasn't about to listen. "SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER. HOW COULD YOU JUST STAND THERE AND WATCH WHILE THEY TORTURE HER?! I AM DISGUSTED BY-" He tried saying again but was pushed back with a spell. Draco landed on the floor, a few feet away from Y/N as he clutched his side from the pain.

He rolled around on the ground before mustering all his strength. He got up to face his father again. Lucius looked at him wide eyed as Draco walked over to him, making a fist with his palm. Lucius ducked just in time as the fist came in contact with the wall. Bits of broken brick fell everywhere and dust settled on the floor.

Lucius yanked Draco's arm from behind and twisted it before pinning it to his back. Draco let out a yelp of pain as he struggled against his father. He took a few seconds to consider his options. He placed his left foot backwards and lowered his head before throwing it up again, effectively hitting lucius in his face.

He staggered back as his hands left draco and flew to his face. Draco took this moment to pick up his wand and ran over to Y/N before casting a protective shield around themselves. A blue-gray dome formed over their heads and glowed brightly as it protected them from harm. Draco quickly untied Y/N's arms and as he removed the ropes he saw the severity of her wounds. The rough material of the ropes had cut into her soft skin and made deep blood red wounds.

Draco held his tears at bay as he moved to untie her feet. The skin just above her ankles had cut up and as he looked further he could see the bruises on her face. He threw the rope behind him and whispered words of encouragement to Y/N.

"Its going to be okay."

"Im not going let them hurt you"

"You're going to be just fine"

"Im here Y/N, Im here."

He looked behind his back to ensure they were still safe but saw lucuis slowly getting to his feet, his right arm just lightly hovering over his left which bore the collosal dark skull that everyone had come to fear. His fingers moved above it as draco quickly came to realisation of what was happening.

He put down the shield and ran over to him, holding Lucius's right palm in his hands. Lucuis tried to shake off his hand but Draco only held on. He knew what was to happen if the Dark lord was called. Draco held on for dear life as Lucius tried everthing to free himself. Nothing more came to his mind as he held up his wand and blasted draco across the room, his back hitting the wall as he whimpered under his breath.

Lucius threw back his head of platinum blond hair as he tried once again to summon his master. Draco looked through his glossy eyes as he tried very hard to stand back up. He limped and held onto the wall for support but it was too much for his body to take as his legs collapsed beneath him and he fell back onto the floor.

Lucius brought his right palm over his left arm and was about to recite something before draco interrupted.

"Do you like it?"

Lucius looked at him with a questioning look.

"Do you like hurting your own family?"

Lucius was clearly left speechless by this question as he sturggled to form words. It looked like draco had hit a spot somewhere in his heart and he was going to use that to his advantage.

"Do you like it when you see your own daughter over there, covered in wounds you know you helped to inflict on her?"

Lucius swallowed thickly as he looked over in Y/N's direction. Her face looked disorentied, her nose broken. His eyes traveled further downwards to see the deep wounds on her wrists from her restraints. Her arms were littered with brusises and small cuts everywhere as he saw her chest slowy rise and fall. He looked down at her stomach which had the tiniest bulge. His grandchild was in there.

"Look at us! Y/N is unconscious because of you, I cant even s-stand up because of YOU!" Draco said again, drawing a sharp breath midsentence, preventing himself from submitting to the pain.

"Your wife is missing, Your children are hurt and in pain right in front of you but you choose to ignore it time and time again becuse you are too hungry for power! Your whole family is dying and its all because of you!"

"I HAD NO CHOICE!" lucuis screamed finally losing his temper. "I HAD TO DO EVERYTHING I DID, YOU THINK IF I HAD A CHOICE I WOULD DO THIS? ANY OF THIS?" He fell to his kness holding his head in his hands as he let the tears flow.

"He would have killed me. He would have killed all of us" He said in between sobs, trying his best to convince himself that he wasnt the cold hearted father he was being made to belive. He didnt even know if he was worthy of being called a father anymore. A father goes to any lenghts to protect his child but he had done the opposite. His whole family was crumbling right before his eyes and he just stood there and watched, all for a taste of power.

"We all had a choice dad. We always did, we choose the right one but you didnt. You can still fix this, drop the wand and let us go."

Lucius mulled over these words in head as a deep expression formed on his face.

"Let us go dad, you can still make it right."

"Please"

A soft clank was heard as an 18" piece of elm wood fell to the floor and lay there cold, void of the warmth of its master's hand.

==========End of part 26=========

Hi loves!

I hope you liked this chapter! I am so confused at what to do but its slowly coming together. Some of yall reached out to me on insta and it felt really good being able to connect more with you all.

Thank you for all the love.

p.s. Im sorry about the late update, I was a bit unwell.

Love,

Paridhi Prabhakar / P

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