Chapter Eight

A few months go by of Ariella living with Nell. She had kept herself busy with helping him with whatever work he had and heading to the gym to keep her strength up. The guards were proving to be unworthy adversaries in the ring but facing twenty of them helped her build up a sweat. Draco had been woeing Kia with small gifts of rodents he found in the fields. They were slowly getting close just like her and Nell.

They would go out on, what Nell classified as, dates. He took her to see movies, fancy dinners, and even just walks around the town or around the estate. She struggled to express herself but she enjoyed the time they spent together.

The weather was unusually hot, so she was currently in the pool, working on her laps with him watching. Kia was there with her, swimming as an otter. Draco was pacing the side, looking down at the water and back to Kia, wanting to jump in with them. Nell sat there as well, just watching her.

Her hair was braided out of her face and she was wearin