To Spread the Word

[Arnost Zhefarovich]

For a man to be married, one should be proud and the family would be happy for him. However, to be married out of sure joy's of making a twin brother react in an unpleasant yet enjoyable way was Arnost's idea of a good marriage. The fact that he married Danielle's sister was something he knew was a little out of line, but it was something that would bring a smile on that ancient face. He was a married man again, and had not been since before he became a Death Eater. Sure, Arnost had been struggling most of his life with his identity, when in fact, it was something similar to Asparuh's - just a lot more humorous. With a smirk, he apparated into the the Foyer of the Zhefarovich Manor, his new wife, Axelle Zhefarovich, at his side. He flashed her a pleasant, sly smirk before he motioned for her to follow down the corridors. A few servants walked by, but all coward in the presence of someone like Arnost and Axelle walking. A couple that could easily resemble power, and almost looked like Asparuh and Danielle, when one would see them together at least. Arnost figured that Danielle was pregnant again, but from the looks of the family tree, she was just having one. Arnost walked by the death glass, his reflection transparent, but Arnost brushed that aside when he opened the doors to the Patriarch's Lair.

Onyx eyes settled on a figure in a chair, the Patriarch's chair to be precise, and Arnost knew that it was his brother. He glanced over on the couch to see Danielle, heavily pregnant. Arnost knelt down for a moment before rising. It was a sign of respect for the higher Archy of the Zhefarovich Family. Arnost commented to Danielle first, figured that she would get riled up eventually, "Pregnant so soon? It looks great on you, because I can't remember you not being pregnant since you married my brother." Arnost had to be mean at one point. Catching Asparuh's glare from the corner or his eyes, Arnost made sure to avoid eye contact, because it was easier to read his mind like that. No need to spoil the surprise so soon, because he was pretty well excited for this coming reaction. It was like adding sugar to a dangerous chemical, and the sugar being the news of the marriage and the chemical being Asparuh and Danielle. This was just too good to even resist a taste of. Arnost ordered a servant to bring him and Axelle a glass of tea, and the servant walked away, before bringing in two glasses. Arnost took his and he took a good drink of it before he smirked and said, "Brother, noble Patriarch, have you seen the recent updates that the family tree may bring?" Arnost had not looked at it for some time now, and he needed to see if Asparuh was doing the same.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle couldn't say that she wasn't proud of herself right now. For the first time in a long time she was actually more in control of her life than she ever was. Her little strike of rebellion had led to a whole new set of pathways and endless options for Axelle and she was loving it. Being married to Arnost meant that she no longer had to meet with random suitors trying to win her hand in marriage that her family tried to set up, she wouldn't have to worry about being harked on about being a single mother, and she was allowed to stay with Arnost instead of staying at the Manor in France where she was caged and miserable. With Arnost she was given a lot more than she had before so she was actually a bit thankful that she had suggested her crazy idea to him, at first the idea of being married and with someone sounded ridiculous. But now she was happy that she had and it seemed that the laws made it so that it wouldn't been to easy to break them apart, unless their Patriarch decided to step in. But for the most part Axelle had some control of her life and it made her a lot happier then she was lately. Axelle and Arnost apparated to the Foyer of the Zhefarovich Manor and her eyes immediately peeked around curiously, there was still a lot of this place that she hadn't seen yet. This Manor was so historic to her and she found it to be interesting that so much history happened here. With any hope she may some day be remembered by these people too, Axelle would like to be remembered and possibly even appreciated by someone. It would be nice to feel like someone actually cared about what she did. Axelle caught Arnost flashing her a pleasant yet sly smirk before he motioned for her to follow down the corridors. She had no idea to where but she followed anyways. Down the hallway they passed some servants who seemed to shrink away or cower as they did. All she could do was raised an eyebrow softly before she snorted and continued to follow her husband. Being feared was something new, well okay being feared for reasons unknown were new to her. Some men feared her just because she was intolerable, bossy, and knew how to make the average man miserable in ten seconds flat. No more thoughts left Axelle's mind before they passed by some weird looking glass thing and through some doors that she guessed led to where Arnosts brother and her sister was. Immediately she was met with a familiar yet not so familiar sight.

At first her eyes went to her sister, her heavily pregnant sister sitting on the couch. It was a rare sight to her Danielle pregnant and actually out of bed because from what Axelle remembered, it took a lot out of her. "Pregnant again so soon sissy?" Axelle asked sarcastically. An eyebrow raised as she gazed down at her confused looking sister with slyness and an aura of snottiness too. Even in her pregnancy, coldness, and confusion Danielle looked very beautiful and it sort of pissed Axelle off, how could she manage to do that without even trying? She turned her blue eyes over to someone in an a chair and she almost flinched but kept her ground, she had dealt with Danielle for a long time so she could easily say that she was used to harshness. What did surprised her was how much he looked like Arnost, this was the man her sister was so close with? A glass of tea was brought to her by a servant and she accepted it graciously before she turned her eyes back to the man that Arnost was speaking to her, a mention about checking the tree made Axelle smirk lightly. Here comes the fun...

 

[Asparuh Zhefarovich III]

Asparuh was simply staring off into the fire, after hunting down that girl, Vialine, to watch over the children, he was thinking of a new position in the family. Someone needed to keep with the graves, digging them and preparing the tombstones and such. However, he did not trust just anyone in the family to tend with the bones of his relatives. Asparuh had not voiced his thoughts of this yet to Danielle because he was not so sure right now himself. Though he believed that another mind might need to take hold soon enough. Asparuh was not ready to hand over the title however. His onyx eyes heard the doors open, and out of the corner of his eyes, he could see Arnost and Axelle. Axelle was not someone that he knew so well, but from the looks alone, he knew who she was. Asparuh already detested that his brother had enough nerve to enter with her when her children were at the Lefevre Manor. Asparuh narrowed his eyes at her, but when Arnost mentioned the family tree, the Death Eater rose to his full height. Somehow, with Arnost being his twin, Asparuh was still a fraction taller, but he appeared the same in appearances, but it was hte way he carried his expressions is what made him so terrifying. Asparuh snapped at Arnost in a cold, malice tone, "You have no room to talk. As far as I am concerned, I have not sunk as low as bestiality and you are lucky I don't wipe those vile things off the tree and dispose of them myself."

The Patriarch was growing less and less patient as the years went on. As time passed, he did not seem to age, but his patience was wearing thin, and his hostility was growing worse. The only one that seemed safe was Kalif and Danielle, with just a few others that did not irritate him. Asparuh slowly walked over to the family tree to see what Arnost was talking about. His finger traced Arnost's line. "Seems like your daughter is following your trait with having children barely out of school. Also, Axelle appears to be pregnant again." Asparuh inclined his head in the direction of Arnost, before his eye caught something. Something that was not there. Another line, connecting Axelle to Arnost. It was a double line, and that only meant one thing. Marriage. It happened right after he appointed Lydia as the Sacramental Advisor. He had not fully wrote out the position's rules until recently, perhaps a month ago. She had approved of Hades' new fiance, but had she even attempted Axelle? That only meant, at the time, Arnost had found a loop-hole. Asparuh was beyond infuriated, so much that the atmosphere seemed to get heavier and much harder to even breathe. But this might be just as the look of pure evil in the unadulterated form appeared in Asparuh's eyes. It was not something that appeared often at all. Asparuh apparated from the spot and reappeared in front of his brother, before he took his brother by the throat and tossed him into the chair so that he would be sitting and lower than him. "You have the nerve to marry Danielle's sister, your own sister-in-law?" Asparuh maliciously hissed.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle sat in silence, her angelic blue eyes staring into the fire harshly as her hand gently rubbed her bulging stomach. She found herself doing that all the time now, rubbing her stomach. She didn't know why but this baby was always restless and seemed like she needed soothing a lot, and rubbing her stomach was the only way Danielle knew of to keep that baby calm. The room was quiet and she was very used to long days like this where she and Asparuh just sat inside the Patriarch's lair quietly. They had been doing it their whole lives and it seemed that they got along better when they weren't doing much but this, they never usually fought but this actually made things feel peaceful and less stressful for the both of them. Danielle turned her head to talk to Asparuh about something but then she heard the door open and her gaze shifted over there instead, she would ask her husband later. It wasn't until Arnost and her sister came through the door that she sat up and actually showed some interesting in something more than the fire and her baby. What in the world was her little sister doing here and even worse, what was she doing here with Arnost. "Arnost shut your mouth before I shut it for you. And Axelle, you don't even have a reason to be here so your comments are highly unnecessary." Danielle muttered lightly, her face turning to look at Asparuh and his expression. If things were about to get nasty it was often easy to tell as long as you kept a good eye on his face and the way he reacted to things. The family tree was brought up and Danielle shifted before she stared at Arnost with unease. She may not be able to read his mind but it wasn't hard to figure out that he was planning something or another. After growing up with him one would figure out that two out of three times he was up to something and that wasn't a good thing. Though Asparuh's comment made her smirk and Danielle elegantly flipped some of her hair behind her shoulder with her hands before she decided to sit back again. It seemed that Asparuh had a handle on this one. He actually checked the tree though and she wondered if something was actually going on. There was something about this children getting pregnant and school which didn't bother her. But then it was mentioned that Axelle was pregnant again and Danielle sat up again.

"Your what?" Danielle cast an icy glare at her sister before she slowly eased herself up to a standing position and glared into her sisters eyes. She didn't even have to ask who's it was because the simple fact that she was here with Arnost spoke enough for the both of them. It was almost too obvious what was up and why they were here. To drive her and Asparuh crazy with their obnoxious ways. But then Asparuh apparated in front of Arnost and threw him into the chair to reveal news that almost made Danielle's heart explode she gasped. Immediate her small body made it's way over close to Axelle's. Her eyes gasped at Arnost for a moment before she reached out and roughly smacked her sister, she was sure the sound of it could be heard from another room and that her sister may have marks after this. "You married? What the hell is the matter with you? With both of you?!" Danielle asked with widened cold filled eyes. The baby inside her stomach shifted uncomfortable at the tension in the room and Danielle had to ignore her daughter's kicks for the moment. Right now she was debating on asking Asparuh to kill her sister, even if she was pregnant it wouldn't matter would it?

 

[Arnost Zhefarovich]

Arnost was getting a little more than a sick thrill from this. As Asparuh walked over to the family tree, he felt something come over him. Like a feeling of dread. He had a feeling that this was just a horrible idea. Yet, there was something about it that he wanted. He liked Axelle, but not loved her like he loved Thorine. Arnost let out a sigh but when Asparuh revealed that he had a child that was pregnant, he narrowed his eyes and wondered if that was Cassandra. Whoever got her pregnant was dead. Arnost then smirked lightly when he mentioned Axelle, but that was not it. She was pregnant? Arnost glanced back over at her, and shrugged lightly. So, she was pregnant again. Arnost did not mind that, but it was when Asparuh apparated and then he felt himself being thrown into the chair with force. His eyes met with Asparuh's and for once Arnost felt more fear than ever, but there was something else that got him. Arnost glanced over and he saw Danielle rise up and smack Axelle which made his blood boil. Arnost would not let this just pass on through. Arnost turned to Asparuh and though his feared his brother, this was another matter.

"So help me, brother, if your b*tch of a wife kills mine, I'll make sure that her agonizing screams will be the only sounds you hear in my mind," Arnost stood up and he stared into the eyes of evil. A false bravery triggered by anger. Arnost got right into Asparuh's face, and he narrowed his eyes at him. "Just because she is married to you, and she is the head of her own family, does not mean that she can physically assault my wife, a member of this family now. You need a reason to kill everyone, and you can't ignore that law!" Arnost's voice was dangerously cold, but then again, it was nothing compared to Asparuh. Just child's play. He was trending into shark waters, and he continued, "You told me to get over Thorine, the love of my life, and this is a distraction from her. You said it yourself." Arnost could feel the adrenaline run in his veins, and he hoped that it would be enough to keep Asparuh to keep Danielle in line. Both women were pregnant, and it would be a waste to just throw them away, them and their pure-blood babies. Arnost kept his eyes steady, and his fear hidden. But with that cold-blooded stare, that fear was starting to leak through.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle could sense that this Asparuh guy was not one to let her guard around so she made sure to keep a close eye on him and Arnost as they conversed. They were looking at some tree thing that seemed to have an updated version of the family and everything, which she immediately became interested in herself. She heard that one of Arnosts older daughters was pregnant and almost went to ask him about it, because she didn't know much about his other children and what their names were and such. But then she stopped just in time to hear her that she was indeed pregnant once again. One of her eyebrows raised as she turned to Arnost and saw him shrug and look at her as if she didn't really mind it. Axelle herself didn't mind it because it meant another heir but it did explain how she hadn't been feeling very well these past few weeks, plus the tummy she was gaining. Axelle was going to comment once again but this time she was stepped when Asparuh apparated and Arnost was thrown into the chair with immense force. A worried gasp left her throat and her blue eyes widened. "Arnost!" She didn't understand what had upset the man so much, their marriage was revealed but he wasn't supposed to act so violently was he? She wouldn't lie and say that she wasn't worried for Arnost because she was, it looked like her was really going to be hurt or something. Her body was turned to keep a careful eye on the situation but it seemed that Danielle was going to react badly to it too because she was soon off the couch and heading over towards her. Axelle could see strong anger in her sisters eyes just like she had with Asparuh's and that made her worry for her own safety, she knew that her sister could be harsh when she wanted to be and wanted to punish another person. "Danie-I!" She was cut off in mid-sentence when she felt a very hard slap greet her face. It hurt enough to the point where Axelle lifted a hand to hold her cheek and stare at her sister as if she had grown another head or something. She had been hit by her sister before but never that hard and Danielle had never looked so angry before. Axelle lowered her face from her hand was grit her teeth. She was tired of Danielle always being so harsh with her. Too bad Arnost beat her to the harsh words.

'Ohhh.....' Arnosts words were harsh and Axelle could tell just by the look on Danielle's face that it not only struck a nerve but she wasn't very happy about it. A part of her was endeared that someone actually wanted to stand up for her. And another part became concerned for Arnost because it seemed that things were going to get nasty. Quickly wasting no time while she was distracted Axelle got her wand out and immediately aimed it right at her sister. Just to make sure she kept her hands to herself and didn't try anything. Then again when had Danielle ever thought of Axelle as anything even remotely close to a threat? At least it was apparent that in this family you needed a real reason to go around killing people so she may be safe from Danielle's growing anger anyways.

 

[Asparuh Zhefarovich III]

Asparuh had glanced over in Danielle's direction and heard that she had smacked her sister across the face. Good, let her deal with her own sister, whilst he dealt with his own brother. It was the point where he was wanting to kill his brother, he was that infuriated. However, whether or not he would was questionable. However, his head turned when he saw his brother stand up for himself which was something that he had not seen in his lifetime. Well, Arnost had stood up for himself, but never against Asparuh. Every word that leaked from his brother's blasphemous mouth only made Asparuh look darker and darker as each second passed. Arnost had lost his mind, and Asparuh was unsure of whether to just lock him away so he could rot or let him sorrow himself in his own misery. He was still in love with a dead woman, and that was still sickening, even if she was a ghost or not. However, Axelle had pulled out a wand, and Asparuh was thinking about just snapping it and shoving it into her soft flesh, but right now, his attention had to be on that twin of his. Asparuh lost all point of reasons by now, once Arnost was telling him that he needed a reason to kill in this family. Arnost needed a reminder of the laws, and Asparuh was going to give it to him. Asparuh still stared at his brother, and without warning, Asparuh grabbed Arnost by the throat, lifted his brother off of the ground and slammed him into the wall behind the chairs, where even Asparuh could feel the heat from the fireplace.

The brick walls were dented slightly from the force. Asparuh pressed his wand against the flesh under Arnost's chin, and he hissed, "You forget the power I hold over this family. You have been absent for far too long. I am still the Patriarch, and as written under the laws I follow, I don't need a reason to kill anyone. I should do away with you, as it is easy to find someone to replace what you are worth. In this family, I am God, and I hold the day you decide to die." Asparuh did not drop Arnost either, but held him in place. "Your threats mean nothing, because I know from your deepest memories, you used to have feelings for my wife. Whether or not they are still there are questionable. You fail to remember that I don't love. Killing her won't put a dent in your fate. Our marriage is nothing more but an alliance, not out of love. A strong alliance between powerful families. What you have done has mocked everything we have done." Asparuh narrowed his eyes, and he could see that his brother was using some sort of false bravery to cover his fear of Asparuh. Asparuh's voice was still flesh-ripping, "You fear me, and this false bravery is nothing more but fear. However, if it comes time that I must mark Axelle as one of the Zhefarovich's, I'll make sure that the pain will kill her unless you prove to me that this marriage is legit and you actually care for her." Asparuh paused for a moment, and he sneered, "Give me one good reason why I should not rip your head off right now, maloumen."

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

For some reason Danielle found Asparuh and Arnost's interactions between one another to much more interesting than Axelle's threat's or words to her. Only because she never really ever saw her younger sister as a threat as she saw the two men in the room were to her. She had grown up with them and knew that they could very well tear each other apart if they got each other too riled up. Which wouldn't be good because Danielle wasn't sure if she would be able to stop them in her current state. She saw a wand point up in her face and narrowed her eyes at Axelle who seemed to feel like she actually needed to threaten Danielle or get on her nerves, either way Danielle was not impressed. For the time being however she tuned Axelle out and kept her ears and eyes focused on her husband and Arnost just in case, the threat's Arnost aimed towards her made Danielle's eyes widen just ever so slightly. Never before had she been threatened by him before, and for a moment she actually wondered if he would ever go through with actually killing her, and because of Axelle?! Danielle found it hard to think of Arnost killing her and for nothing more than a wretched little brat who must have ensnared him in some way, shape, or form. Axelle had never had a man put up with her otherwise. And if he did she was pretty sure that it wouldn't really be cared about by many, her family wanted her to step down from head and Asparuh didn't love so it wasn't like she wasn't going to be particularly missed. Their own conversation was proving to be interesting too because a solid reminder that Asparuh could kill whom he wanted and whenever he wanted was given to Arnost and Danielle once again, she occasionally forgot that Asparuh had so much power behind his name and such. She was also surprised to hear from Asparuh that he knew that Arnost once had feelings for her, that made Danielle tense up a little before she glance at her sister. In her younger years she liked him for only a short time, it passed and she knew even today it wasn't there. If he ever did really have feelings then he did an amazing job at keeping them hidden from her.

It was then that Danielle decided that she was tired of having Axelle's wand in her face. Danielle was indeed smaller than Axelle but that meant nothing, quickly she knock Axelle's wand out of her hand and grabbed her younger sister by her hair. "You seem to forget who's the boss here sister, I could have killed you long ago and your making me almost regret I hadn't." Her voice was cold and her French accent perfectly played out. If anything spending her time with Asparuh made her more heartless and vicious to others who got in her way. She heard her sister cry out and Danielle smirked before she summoned her wand to her hand and shoved her sister backward a little. Raising her wand she shot out Incarcerous out at her. It hit her sister right on and Danielle had to resist not to laugh as she watched Axelle fall back and the ropes she cast wrap around her like a snake. "Let's see you have a fun time getting out of this one, maybe you'll do me a favor and let the ropes suffocate for before I do." Danielle walked away from her struggling sister and kept an eye on Asparuh and Arnost. They were going to need to prove that the marriage was legit? Why not just cancel the marriage all together and ave some people the misery.

 

[Professor Kalif Styx]

Kalif recently came to drop off Damianos once more for his training, and he apparated into the Zhefarovich Manor, where he took his child to the room and then he heard something that did not sound very well at all. Kalif entered the Patriarch's Lair, and he raised an eyebrow. He saw Danielle attack some woman that he did not know nor care about, but what concerned Kalif was the fact that Asparuh was too pissed to think straight. Kalif rushed in to assist, his black cloak blowing behind him. Kalif managed to pry Asparuh's hand from Arnost's neck, dropping him to the floor. Kalif glared at Asparuh and he murmured, "Think about this, whatever the issue is. If it was one thing you taught me about being a Patriarch is to never let emotions cloud a judgment. I believe this is doing just that. I am sure there is a way to punish Arnost, without killing him first. You may regret it later." Kalif was perfectly at ease, and seemed to have chilled the atmosphere from the tense range. "If you can't, just do away with him. That is how it is done. We think everything through before making a kill, when it comes to the family; Patriarch or not." Kalif had never seen his father this angry before, but it was assisting in calming down the man, greatly.

 

[Arnost Zhefarovich]

The moment Arnost dropped to the floor, and his hand went to his throat. He rose up to his full height and he coughed a few times. Asparuh managed to weasel his way through the fear that he felt. The bravery was far from appearing now. Arnost retreated back over into his chair, and was thankful that Kalif showed up when he did. Arnost knew that there was every reason to fear him as well, but he was acting like the referee in this point, and he was saying that they thought everything through when it came to a kill. That was true, because every kill was well thought out. Every kill within the family, rare as it was, it was something that was thought out. Arnost sighed however, because he knew that he was not in the clear yet, not with Asparuh and Kalif just yet. If they thought that his death would be the best, there was nothing be could do about it. He might attempt to fight against his brother, and Kalif, but both together was asking for suicide. Arnost hoped that there was nothing more to do other than just...sit and take the screaming and yelling. He did not want to hear or deal with anything else. It was not something that he wanted to take right now.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle didn't expect her sister to shoot anything at her so when Danielle shot Incarcerous and Axelle felt her body being hit with and coiled by a bunch of ropes she yelped in shock. They were squeezing her fairly tightly so whenever she tried to move it only ended up squeezing her more tightly than before. It left her feeling weak and powerless to help Arnost not get killed by her brother. After all a lot of this was her idea that he ended up going along with so she didn't want him to be harmed because of it. Axelle opened her mouth to try and cut in but another voice over powered hers and forced everyone on the room to turn their heads in that direction. It was some attractive looking man she had never seen before but sensed that he wasn't here to cause a problem or anything, which was good in her books. He looked to be related to Arnost and Asparuh so Axelle wondered if he understood what was going on without even needing to be explained to on the whole situation. He started to speak and it sounded like whatever he was saying was doing a pretty good job calming down Arnosts enraged brother. He sounded very serious and Axelle was just starting to get that this family was truly dead serious about the way they did things, why were they talking about punishing Arnost. "Don't punish him! This was my idea!" Axelle spoke out loud for the first time to someone other than her sister and tried to fight against the ropes, she saw that Arnost was released but she still didn't feel very good about this. Especially since she had admitted that this was all her. What was Danielle going to do about all of this? Would Axelle and her have to take each other down or would they have more important things to worry about?

"Hey um..can someone get these ropes off of me?" Axelle squeaked out as she felt the thick ropes start to cut into her skin a little, she wanted to get out of these ropes but she couldn't even summon her wand to her hand because of how tightly she was being bound. Incarcerous was not a very easy spell to avoid and Axelle was honestly a little pissed that her sister had attacked her. Especially when she was the one to started the fight by slapping Axelle. All she had done was pull out her wand and aim it at her, no spells or anything.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle lowered her wand to her side once Kalif appeared in the room and started to try and knock some sense into Asparuh before he murdered his brother. Although at the current moment she would love to see Asparuh murder both Arnost and her sister right then and there she thought better of it and knew that it would be more trouble than it was worth. He probably came at a good time anyways because if the two brothers got into it then she wouldn't be able to stop them very well, she was pregnant and physical strength was something she was not very talented with. If anyone Kalif would be the only one to be able to keep up with them so she trusted him to keep Asparuh under control. "I need to sit down." Danielle muttered under her breath as she ignored her sister and headed over to the couch inside the Patriarch's lair and gracefully sat herself down on the couch before she let out an aggravated sigh. She brushed some of her hair out of her face and watched as Arnost was released by Asparuh. She was almost tempted to get back up and try to assist Kalif but she knew better, it seemed that Asparuh's eldest son and sometimes her were the only two that could even slightly calm him. This time it would be left up to Kalif as he already seemed like he knew what he was doing.

 

[Asparuh Zhefarovich III]

Taking deep breathes, Asparuh listened to Kalif's words and he remained silent, yet the anger was in his eyes. Though he was about to tell Danielle to sit down when she did it for herself, but his eyes narrowed in on Arnost. Asparuh could still feel Kalif's hand upon his shoulder, and the man was wise enough to keep him from doing something that he would later regret, perhaps. Asparuh watched Arnost sit down and still wanted to snap his neck but Kalif continued to do as he was told. With a defeated sigh, he thought things through, and before he could come up with a solution, Axelle had opened her mouth and Asparuh hissed, "I suggest you silent yourself before I rip your throat out." The evil in his eyes was not leaving anytime soon, and that alone was a bad sign for anyone to see. However, he figured that he did not need to punish Axelle. She was pregnant with a moron's son or daughter, after triplets. Asparuh came up with a solution, something that would satisfy him in the least, but he was not too sure about Danielle's thoughts and he was too angry to see what would be lurking in her mind anyhow. Asparuh managed to calm his nerves down to something that was relatively calm, but the looks of unspeakable wrath remained on his face. The Death Eater spoke once more, "The only way I can see this working out, is seeing if this marriage is legit before that child is born. If it is a joke, they both die." Asparuh was tired, and this was the only way he could figure out how to end this, in his own way.

 

[Professor Kalif Styx]

After Asparuh's words, and his ultimate decision that would end up in their fate, Kalif assumed that it would be the best to allow Asparuh his shoulder back and without his iron grip hanging it on to it like there was no tomorrow. His dark gaze shifted from his father to Arnost, to Danielle and finally the woman on the floor he assumed to be Arnost's wife. What amazed him was that the man was married after Thorine. Kalif did not bother with helping her out of the ropes and he went and sat on the couch next to Danielle. His eyes went to the fire. He wondered who was older, Axelle or Thorine. He did not know but from the way things looked, she was younger than him. Kalif was not pleased with this but it was a choice that Arnost made and there was nothing Kalif could do about it because Arnost was just another man. He had his own will and actions. Kalif let out a soft sigh and wondered how Arnost and Axelle would take to the news of Asparuh's decision.

 

[Arnost Zhefarovich]

Arnost flourished his wand and he cast finite on the ropes that bound his wife and he wondered why no one would have done that before. He had heard Asparuh's words and to be honest, he did not know how to make a marriage legit without love. How could he love again when his true love was a ghost? Was his brother out of his mind? The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Somehow he had to prove to his brother that this marriage was something that they both wanted and it had to continue the element of love. Arnost murmured, "I will prove to you that this marriage is legit, in one way or another, if your wife does not kill mine." Hopefully their pregnancies will just leave them out of the loop and keep them tired and grounded. For once, he was thankful that there were pregnant women in his presence because he did not want to witness cat fights that ended up in complete tragedy.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle heard Asparuh's decision on whether the two of them would die or not and resisted the urge to roll her eyes when it didn't involve them being killed right away. They had to prove to Asparuh that their marriage was legit before she had the baby or they would die. For Danielle that wasn't enough to make her feel any better, especially because it was Axelle and Arnost. It was a little bit obvious to anyone that they needed to be watched carefully. "Asparuh, how can we be sure that they won't try and fake the marriage being legit? I mean it's pretty easy to pretend to be in love with someone." Danielle told her husband softly as she let her angel blue eyes shift over and rest on Kalif for a moment, luckily he came and stopped everyone or there could bloodshed and possibly regrets done today. Though in her opinion they pretty much almost deserved it because of what they had done and how they thought it was okay to not listen to either her or Asparuh who had much more authority than they ever did. Danielle wanted solid proof that it was legit and not that they were faking because she knew people had faked it, that man who broke her heart. He faked it as well as any actor probably could. So she knew it happened and figured it would. Arnost was in love with a dead woman, there was no room for Axelle in his heart and Danielle knew that, she just hoped that Asparuh and Kalif were going to keep this in mind too. Her sister was released from the hold that the ropes and Danielle rolled her eyes softly. Her sister was being such a child today and if Arnost wasn't in the picture Danielle would have surely liked to strangle the idiot to death.

Telling a servant to get her a drink Danielle tried to make herself more comfortable because she was still feeling tense and stressed out which wasn't good for the baby. Arnost finally decided to open his mouth and once he did Danielle gave him the most sarcastic smile she could manage. "No Promises." If he kept up acting like that she might just harm Axelle out of spite. Personally it didn't matter much but she wasn't going to hold back just because Axelle was pregnant and just because she was married to Arnost. The look she gave pretty much showed that she didn't trust him and had her doubts about him being able to prove the marriage was legit.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle was released from being imprisoned in ropes by Arnost and she thanked him softly before she pushed the ropes off of her and slowly but surely pushed herself up. When she was up she was able to hear Asparuh tell the entire room that her and Arnost had to prove the marriage was legit or they would both be killed after the baby was born. Her hand shot up to clear some of the hair out of her face as her locked onto Asparuh, she was a little confused. "And just how are we supposed to do that?" Axelle had no idea how either of them were going to prove it was legit any other way besides the fact that they appeared as married on the tree and the rings, how else would one prove a marriage was legit? They didn't have true feelings for one another if thats what he wanted, then they were surely screwed! Axelle turned her head towards Arnost and gave him a worried look for a moment. What were they going do to? Axelle didn't want to die and she didn't want Arnost to die either, what would happen to the children? There were so many things she didn't want to think about and death was certainly one of them because she was so young and she actually like Arnost in some form, she thought it was unfair to him. Biting her lip Axelle averted her gaze from Arnost and returned it to the floor, she felt awful for this happening.

 

[Asparuh Zhefarovich III]

"Danielle, you forget that nothing can be hidden from me, unless you are an Occlumens. They don't know how to mask their mind from me," Asparuh spoke once more, the coldness radiating from his voice and echoing around the room. He knew how to enter someone's mind and reveal their feelings about someone. If someone masked their mind from him, he could just use his wand and use the spell to make everything visible instead of just the surface, and find exactly what he wanted to find. He had been training Kalif for a while on his own Legilimency, and Asparuh did not know right now if Kalif's was anything close to how experienced his own was. He went and sat down in his own chair before his eyes turned to the fire. Though now he had to get people to watch them. Someone experienced in love, and someone who could read it. Where was Hades when one needed him? He could have several people watching them. If Hadan was out of school, she would be one as well. She was in love with some male as from what Chavdar had told him, and she would be able to read it too. Asparuh turned back to Arnost and Axelle, "I am against love, but you two better make it happen. Hades and Kalif will be watching you, as well as Mother. They are experts in the matter. Kalif, do this, and afterward, we will speak about your coronation and when it will happen." Asparuh turned his eyes to the fire once more, and he narrowed his eyes at it. He had plans to think about, and now, Asparuh needed something to get this built up anger out. He rose from his chair and he went out of the Patriarch's lair, the two doors falling off their hinges and snapping in half from the force that Asparuh used.

 

[Professor Kalif Styx]

Kalif cast his father an odd look when he said that Kalif seemed to be an expert on the matter of love. He shook his head and watched him leave. There is no point of ever putting doors to this room if Father keeps forcing them off the hinges, thought Kalif as he too rose from his chair, flourished his wand and he repaired the doors. The wood from where the hinges were needed to be repaired manually. Kalif figured that he would get another family member to do it because there was no reason that it should be falling apart. Not this Manor. It was a Zhefarovich's Haven, a stronghold. Where they were most familiar. Kalif turned back to Arnost and he glared at him. If he had used his mind, Kalif would not have been brought into this. He approached the man, and he hissed, "If this takes away from my free time, your time will not be limitless, understood? I'll make you the one that I try out my new weapon on and tear you apart." Kalif did not use the threat against Axelle. He didn't know her. "But I highly suggest you take your wife and leave Ranee Danielle alone, now." Kalif was not one that was used to giving orders to someone that has been around more than himself, but this was something that really aggravated the Slytherin Head of House.

 

[Arnost Zhefarovich]

Arnost wished that he had Occlumency now. He had to fall in love with Axelle within the next six months. He honestly did not know how that was going to happen, but then again, it just might because he knew that love came at moments that no one would ever expect. Arnost put his hand to his head when he heard the doors shatter again, and he smirked over at Danielle for being the angel that she always have been. Arnost then met eyes with his nephew, and before he knew it, he was being threatened and reminded of his brother again. Arnost nodded and he decided that it would be the best to just leave him now, as well as Danielle. He stood up from his chair and he said to Axelle, "Come on, let's go see if we are having a boy or a girl." Arnost figured that it would be the best because standing here and bothering Danielle would make Asparuh come back. Arnost was aware he was going to have two of the scariest members of the Zhefarovich family have ever come to known watching them but Arnost did not mind. Well, as long as they were not watching all the time.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle kept silent because she knew Asparuh had a point. Even so, she didn't trust either of them and thought it would be foolish to let the live on. Her husband had never been on love and he never knew how to feel it so Danielle wondered how he would know, how would any of them know. Would Kalif and Hades even be able to sense it themselves, they both had women in their lives but Danielle never understood if they truly knew what true love was. She didn't know either of them well enough to know that they actually did love and that they were unlike Asparuh whom didn't have an ounce of love inside him. Danielle carefully watched as Asparuh rose from his chair and he went out of the Patriarch's lair, the two doors falling off their hinges and snapping in half from the force that he had used on them. Staring at the doors with cold blue eyes Danielle brought a hand up to rub at her temples, she could sense the tension lifting off the room just a little once he was gone and knew that she should go after him. Danielle appeared to be the only other person besides Kalif to be able to calm that man down any. Pushing herself up from the couch slowly she breathed out tiredly once she was actually able to stop moving around a little. Being pregnant made her so tired all the time. Danielle was unsure how she was even able to be up and around right now since she was so exhausted. Just as Arnost stood from his chair Danielle approached the two of them. Since he was still a great deal taller than her she had to peer up at him with her angelic face and cold eyes. "Try as you might, you two will fail." Danielle replied sharply before her eyes fell onto her sister in a deep glare. Pretty much telling her sister that she would be ready when they did. Arnost already had a lover and Axelle was much too interested in herself and flirting with everyone else. Danielle wanted to be the one to rung her sisters neck for this. If Asparuh allowed her to that is, by then the baby should be born anyways. With a turn Danielle headed off to find and attempt to keep an eye on Asparuh and anything else that he ended up breaking.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle flinched when Asparuh made that threat. He would know if they were faking so that meant there would be no easy way out for them. For the moment she wished she could block her mind out like Danielle could because then she could maybe she could teach Arnost and they would live. It wasn't that she didn't want to, it was that she thought she couldn't learn to love anyone in her current state. Especially in six months time. Axelle was so to being a freelancer and flirting around, then again she was married to Arnost and such. But did either of them expect this marriage to last on fill terms? Asparuh got up form his chair and ended up breaking the doors as he left, it wasn't long before Axelle saw her sister following him. Axelle seriously had bets that if these two put up less of an act people would see they might just love one another or something, that man was supposed to be cruel and claimed he never had love right? How could he hold nothing in him like that? Wasn't he lonely? Axelle's baby blues met with her sisters as Danielle approached them and stated what she had to say. It seemed that she already figured they were going to fail and she was going to be ready when they were. Axelle made sure to watch her sister intently before she breathed out an annoyed sigh. "What died and crawled up her arse? I suppose we should go see what gender the baby is." Axelle replied back to Arnost as she tucked a strand of her hair back behind her ears and looked up at him. She didn't dare give a glance to the other man in the room because he was supposed to be watching them wasn't he? Axelle bit her lip and waited for Arnost to do what he had to do to check, she wasn't very sure how he found such a thing out. But she was ready to get out of here and away from these people.