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“Will they take action?” “Regina says at least two members of the Wizengamot that she’s aware of have taken the next logical leap from Draco’s research and suggested arranged pairings of young wizards and witches, to increase the odds of producing magical children.” Lucius frowned. It was one thing to suggest intermarriage and diluting their sacred bloodlines with halfbloods or muggleborns but another entirely to require it. “Who suggested it?” “Griselda Marchbanks, although Tiberius Ogdon apparently expressed support for it, declaring it preferable to intermarrying with muggles.” “How seriously are the others taking that?” “It was met with less ridicule than one would have expected just a year ago.” “This is indeed interesting …show more content…

His sister-in-law’s mind was already twisted when she was sentenced to Azkaban, and the 12 years she spent there had done her no favors. However, she was still a Black, still Narcissa’s own sister, and a blood traitor gloating about Bellatrix’s death would always send his wife into a quiet rage. He welcomed her fury, for it gave her a reason to hate the Weasleys just as he did. “Instead she’s as useless as a muggle,” Narcissa continued. “He apparently threw a fit at St. Mungo’s and demanded the core test be repeated and then tried to blame Pythian for the poor results. Security threw him from the hospital. He made quite the spectacle of himself, even by Weasley standards.” “So the Weasleys aren’t as perfect in this brave new world as they like to think they are then,” Lucius smirked. “Hardly.” “Have they any other grandchildren who’ve been tested?” “The eldest is married to that part-veela from France, and rumor has it their two children are magical. Potter married the only girl, Ginevra, and apparently their infant son tested positive for a developed magical core.” “The Prewitts produced a couple of squibs in prior generations,” he pointed out. “Yes, they did.” “You know, the talk around the ladies’ teas is that the youngest, Ronald, will marry Miss Granger,” she confessed. Lucius looked affronted at this news. “Of course, they don’t know that she’s with child and that the babe is likely Draco’s,” Narcissa’s voice trailed off, a hint of smirk on

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