LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 114: Chapter 114: One Day!
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"As it is if the meeting were to happen right now then as much as she needs our protection she would still have time after to look for other options should our protection and terms not meet the standards she is expecting."
Andromeda's eyes narrowed slightly and her lips quirked up as she realised what he meant, "you want to put it off until the last possible moment to leave her no other option but to do as you say in order to get house Black's protection."
Magnus grinned and nodded, "exactly, if she plans on using house Black as you suspect, and has ulterior motives then if we put things off that will give us the high ground from which we can dictate the terms of her protection."
"As much as she says she is willing to meet any demands I doubt she means it completely as of yet. So we simply have to bide our time and let the situation develop until she has little choice left but to accept whatever we tell her."
Andromeda shook her head with slight bemusement, "that is certainly a very Slytherin move on your part, and rather cold."
Magnus shrugged, "it's only right, if she intends to abuse house Blacks protection she deserves to squirm for a while, and besides let's not forget that Draco was the next in line to be heir Black before I came along."
"I don't doubt for even a moment that if Narcissa had known about me beforehand that she would have allowed me to claim my place in the Black family."
"It's best if we keep her at arm's reach until we can be assured that she is on a tight leash before being brought back into the family's protection."
Andromeda nodded, "I understand, it's cold but necessary, Narcissa is a viper in the sense that she should be respected and treated with caution at least until her loyalties can be fully ascertained."
Magnus nodded in agreement, "good, I will leave the reply to the letter to you then, say that I need time to think on the matter and that you will owl her again when I have decided on a meeting date, but to keep you apprised should Lucy do anything largely stupid." He instructed as he began to get up.
Andromeda nodded back but before she could reply the sound of metal tapping repeatedly was heard from her top desk drawer.
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Ted was reclining in his office chair, having just got back from pulling an all-nighter with Amelia calling in all the favours they both could manage in order to set events for Sirius' trial in motion under the radar so that no one would be the wiser until it was too late.
He was dead tired after having not slept in close to thirty six hours but knew he needed to inform Andromeda of things, she could pass the news onto Magnus later while he got some much needed shut eye.
Fishing the communication mirror out of his desk he sat up and looked at the mirror before speaking, "Andy!"
He felt the mirror pulse in his hands over the next few seconds waiting for Andromeda to pick up, and let out a yawn as he did so.
But after a few more seconds the screen flashed and the faces of Andromeda and Magnus both appeared.
"Hello dear," Andromeda spoke through the mirror as she saw her husband yawn, "another late night I take it."
Seeing the pair Ted chuckled, "they never get any easier."
"You should get some sleep dear if you fall asleep at your desk again you'll be complaining about your back for weeks, remember last time." Andromeda teased.
"I know, I know," Ted sighed, "I was just going to let you know what's going on but as Magnus is with you now I can fill you both in and save time." Ted said before yawning again.
"What's the news Ted?" Magnus asked.
"Well I've finally managed to speak with Madam Bones, and I've presented all the evidence or lack thereof about Sirius not getting his trial and subsequent illegal imprisonment. Needless to say she wasn't one bit happy with those fools in the wizengamot." Ted mused.
"I would say not," Andromeda chuckled.
"So she's going to help us?" Magnus asked.
Ted nodded, "she is and already has, she and I spent the better part of yesterday evening and last night calling in all the favours we could and giving the ministry the run around."
"All going well Sirius will be secreted out of Azkaban in the next two to three days and tucked away into a ministry holding cell. It only took us this long because he was in the maximum security level with a number of other death eaters, getting him out under the radar was no easy task."
"That's great news," Magnus said, sounding very pleased to hear that Sirius would be getting out of that place.
Ted yawned again, "yes it is, but it's only half the battle I'm afraid. Once Siri's is out it will only be twenty four hours until the guard shift changes and when that happens the next guards will notice that he is gone."
"That will cause a huge ruckus and Madam Bones will then be forced to reveal his location, if she doesn't and he's found she will be the one taking the hit."
"So you have only twenty four hours to bring the matter to trial once he's out in order to secure his innocence so that others can't hush things up." Andromeda frowned and Magnus looked pensive like he was racking his brains for some thought.
Ted nodded, "yes, and that's no easy feat let me tell you, everyone still believes Sirius betrayed the Potters, and a simple lack of evidence might not be enough to persuade them, at best it will only solidate a mistrial for the mishandling of the case and evidence." Ted sighed.
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