"Yes, ma'am. Sorry. No, you are certainly no fool." He looked up, wondering just what she was going to do. Was this now his punishment for having achieved a result for any of her missions? Merlin, he'd been trying to avoid her now for weeks.
But then she must have overheard him talking to Rodolphus. Fuck. Daphne. "Daphne knows I serve only you, Bellatrix. She's aware of my loyalties." He met her in the eye, remembering the day she'd summoned him and Daphne had been in his bed.
"She has no concerns with my loyalties, even if she were to actually have a choice in the matter." His chin rose and he looked Bellatrix straight in the eye.