Chapter 9 (2/2)

moment from the time I saw him in the harbour on the Verde.- He was telling the truth, although he didn't fully realise it himself. He had managed to forget some of the feelings, but still, when Nasua told him to tell the truth he spoke it all.- He is my first apprentice and I want you to agree to that. I know Draco is going to become a great mage and I want to help him do that. I can't imagine him being stifled here by superstitious professors and humiliated by spoilt brats. He has potential beyond many, he just needs to be pushed in the right direction, shown the right path, guided and helped to grow. I can do this, even though I have never taken anyone under my wing before, although I have been asked to do so many times. I feel I am the right person to do this. Something tells me that I can understand him, find a common language with him, become a true master for him.- He fell silent, and madame Nasua stared into his eyes for a moment more. Why did I say all that? How does she do it? He still could not move, only to stare into the emerald eyes that seemed to see inside him, to look at what the magicians called the source, to see his true face. Finally she let go of his arm and looked away.

-Pardon me, but I had to know.- The dragoness said quietly.- I didn't want anything bad to happen to him, something that would hit him again, but you, however, really feel that this is the way it should be and you want the best for him.- Darius was confused, he didn't know what had just happened. He had never heard of such a thing.You are a good man and I think you will be a good master for him.- She took his hand gently.- You have my blessing, I entrust you with taking care of Draco.- She smiled.

-Thank you...- He murmured after a moment, when he had recovered a

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