"Nothing about this is natural," she pointed out quietly. She was so tired, that was all she could think. Her mind couldn't take any more. His quiet offer cut through to her and she looked at him. "It was easier to do without meeting you. You don't seem like the Death Eater's I've known," she pointed out, swallowing hard. "You didn't have to come here."
As soon as he mentioned elder Death Eaters her eyes tightened. "No," she croaked quickly and louder than what she'd been speaking at. "No, we can't tell them. Please. Don't say anything to anyone about this. Please promise me. Look into the family but don't tell anyone else. If he is alive and in France then he is safe. I can do nothing for him," she told him, as if trying to convince him. "The Death Eaters will only use it against me, against Lee. They could kill him for not being pure. Please, promise me you won't tell anyone about this." Lee. It had come out without her meaning to. She hadn't even admitted it to herself fully but if what Steve had said was true, there was only one possibility who the father was. She and Lee had a child after all. Fresh tears spilled onto her cheeks that she wiped away hastily.