Draco's POV

I breathed heavily as I apparated to the Malfoy Manor, alone. Evelyn was fast asleep back at her home, and I felt awful for leaving her.

My mark had started burning more painfully than ever, and I knew whatever Voldemort wanted with me was urgent. So I got up, got dressed and left her there, with a note saying I'd gone for a walk in case she woke up or I wasn't back soon enough.

I walked into the familiar room with the long, dark table, my mother and father seated at one side, Voldemort at the end.

"Draco!" His voice bellowed across the room.

"My Lord," I replied.

The smile on his face with sinister, "As you know, you failed me tremendously last year. So to make up for it, I shall torture you."

My mother went to protest, but he added, "Not with my magic. But with yours."

I frowned, "I don't understand, my Lord."

"You have a new mission."

"I'll do my best," I told him. I felt fear pile at the bottom of my stomach; my lungs felt like they'd stopped working completely.

"Your mission... is to kill Evelyn Abney."

"But-... My Lord, I cannot. She is defenceless. You are aware that I am in love with her."

"Oh, my dearest boy, don't you realise how foolish you are? You kill her, or you both die."

"I am foolish in love!" I shouted back, earning a quick spell of the Cruciatus curse. I writhed in pain.

"Do it! I asked you and the girl if you were willing to betray your friends or more to obey me, and what did you say? You agreed, child! Kill her."

I sighed, looking at the ground. "Alright."

"You were going to marry her?" He said.

My eyes widened as I looked up at him. He must've accessed my mind while torturing me.

My parents looked just as surprised, my father even angry.

"Yes," I growled back, before walking out of the room and apparating back to Evelyn's home.

There she was, sound asleep like I'd left her. I crumpled up the note about the walk and burnt it using magic, then dropping the ashes in her bin.

I stared at her almost angelic, peaceful face as I laid down beside her.

And that's when I decided one thing for sure - I was not going to kill my fiancé.