lightning_war [charteris]

Securely warded and blood-sealed:

Lala, you are lucky that I like you. Otherwise I would present your head to Lady Malfoy tomorrow morning when I introduce her to the cousin that she doesn't know she has. Domitian will be here at dawn, and ready to travel--or he will find himself back in France, where he can deal with Gregor on his own terms. I don't think he will enjoy that much more than Lady Malfoy did, particularly since Gregor's almost as annoyed with him as he is with Benedetto. But possibly less so than I am. If he's the one who did this to his younger brother I am absolutely unamused by it.

Benedetto, by the way, was kind enough to warn us that he's coming here, and you will not do anything, because he has information that I know we need, even if you don't.

I am going to tell Nicodemo that we made a terrible mistake in binding him to Portia, because we did. And I am going to tell him that I will fix it with you. That is what I am doing right now. You will continue to put up a fuss until the exact second I tell you to stop. Domitian is going to reconcile with his family, whether he likes it or not, no matter what Albrecht and Petya may think of it.

You know what kind of person Gregor is, or you should; you certainly had a long enough affair with him. I imagine you had something to do with Lady Dracaena's visit to Germany because I know you discussed it with Umbridge, not to mention Marcus Weasley. If I didn't like you I would tell her all about it. I'm absolutely tired of this. What's coming will be difficult enough without your petty little games. I expect you to stop it at once.

All my love, MC