Black Family (III)
The main difference between Walburga and Toni, aside from their personality, was their ability to hide their feelings and their thoughts. When the Black family matriarch reigned order by threatening and scaring others, the inventor was almost saccharine in her hatred.
𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰-𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
Once again, where Walburga anger was cold, it was evident that Toni's was more focused on the more damage done. It had been certainly personal when the man she had trusted had attacked and and besmirched her legacy, thumping down on everything that her company and her father had wanted to create. Even though their relation was sour, they could see in the CEO's face that it had meant something to her to uphold some of his values, even though he had actively abused her most of her life. Once again, Sirius felt uncomfortable with the fact that the woman he had dearly hated and was now, different, had some sort of resemblance to him. Just the thought was unbearable for the third-year student ; holding on his younger brother while trying to being warm towards Peter. It was still eerie to see someone that looked so much like them, and yet, did not share their distinctive dark hair and grey eyes. And yet, no doubt over the fact that he was a Black from the cheekbones and the shape of his lips.
James and his father seemed a bit scandalised by the arson - but Dorea Potter, formerly Black, just acquiesced her head, showing her appreciation for the revenge. She might have married into a Light Family, but she was a Black daughter - and just like her ancestors, she was eager for vengeance and would have done worse. Erasing the man's legacy was the least she could do after he attempted to do the same to her. For once, she looked appreciatively at Walburga's face - someone she had always loathed for better or for worse.
𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 - 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐭𝐨𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲," 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞. "𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐟 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨."
They suddenly remembered how far back in the future those events were - especially since they were in 1973 - which meant that muggles had already started more projects of mass-destruction since the last War, even perfecting them. The Blacks and the Potters were always on different end of the spectrums in their ideology, but never had they imagined they would agree over the fact that Muggles were too dangerous. Purebloods looked down on them, thinking them nothing less than mindless apes while Light and inclusives wizards honestly thought they would never turn on them because they were all humans. From what they had grasped, humans were keen on fighting and battling against each other, taking innovations to another level of danger. Even James and Sirius gulped, never hearing about the dangerous contraptions they had seen on the memories.
𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒. 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 "𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭" 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 - 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 "𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞". "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬," 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚. "𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝. "𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭? 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰! 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬-𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 !," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚.
"𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟," 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧.
The young boys are genuinely timid from the few things they had heard and seen - aside from Peter. He had always been an admirer and a fan of Ms. Stark, never knowing they were so closely related. Still, he had watched most videos on the web concerning her and had been around enough to being used to her crass behavior, even noticing that she kept on using it to throw people off their scents. Still, he had remembered that the Wizarding Society they were currently in was so narrow-minded and still in their ways that just the fact that Antonia Stark was a renowned genius and CEO of her own company must be a surprise. Sincerely, it had always been a surprise when he had learnt from the books that witches also believed into the patriarchy and conformed to it. They had the same amount of power and the same education as their male counterparts and they still let their family decide from them? It must be something about upholding legacy he wouldn't have understood - he was sure his mother nor his aunt would have wanted him to marry for the sake of his company or for anything less than pure bliss and unconditional love.
𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫" 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬. "𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝟐𝟒%. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮."
Peter took a deep breath and noticed that even Regulus had felt bad at the news - even though e barely knew the little kid, he couldn't help but feel his heart soar at his gentleness and the way he cared about others. It was difficult to imagine that the same kid would be pressured to follow in his family's footsteps and die a gruesome death for the sake of his honor and to help them win the war. Inwardly, he promised himself he wouldn't let the story come to pass - he was still Spiderman, and even though he didn't kill, he could seriously indispose. After loosing his mother and aunt in less than a year, he was not about to lose any more family now that he had literally travelled through worlds and dimensions to come across them. It seemed like his thoughts were not as privy as he thought since Orion lightly smiled, trying not to smile at the fact that his sons had finally found the glue that would stick them together, through hatred and adversities.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐠𝐨! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟. 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞-𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐌𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐮" 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 "𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢'𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝? 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. "𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈? 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮."
Peter almost wanted to throw up - he had known how dangerous a Starks life could be, he had even theorized about the fact that it would have been difficult for her to get saddled with her father's mistakes, but he had never imagined that people would have actively tried to kill her for something her own father had committed. It just seemed so...far-fetched to him. No wonder she had tried to hide every spec of her personal life, not trusting others not to harm her friends and family. Aside from Rhodes and Pepper, people didn't ask questions about much else and oh, Happy...Just thinking about the driver was enough to break the teenager's heart.