Re: Theo and Stephen
Theo nodded as he listened, at least pleased to hear she was easily manipulated. If Stephen could not find a way out getting her to feel loyalty to them rather than to Bellatrix was a must.
"You to marry her," he answered the question. "Not that she has said in so many words, just as she didn't say that she'll torture or kill you or both if you don't agree," he said. "But both were implied."
He looked at his son, frowning slightly. "I believe your mother think the possibility of resisting Bellatrix is there, I have seen what she does first hand and I know there is not. Your options are simple, you marry her or you run and if you run you make sure to vanish without a trace and pray that they have better things to do than to look for you, because discovery will mean the same thing as death."
He did not say more, Stephen was a bright man, he'd know everything he could possibly tell him about risks, dangers and consequences. He would make up his own mind and Theo would adjust accordingly. It was the way it had to be.