What The Future Holds // Alecto

Alecto usually spent her Easter Holidays at home. She could be close to Amycus and she could study for the upcoming arse-whopping that were the Hogwarts end of year exams. This year she wasn't studying, she just couldn't bring her mind to focus on something as trivial as exams. Sure she needed good grades for whatever her future career would be, but then who says she'd have a career? Her parents had decided that unlike her brother, she wasn't allowed the luxury of time. She was not allowed the chance to fall in love or just a few years of freedom before being tied down, oh no, she had to suffer, she had to marry someone and she wasn't even sure who.

Today was the day she was meeting her suitor. Her father had made it perfectly clear that she wasn't to be a little cow about it and that if she didn't like this one then she could always object and they would call the whole thing off. Sounded great, right? Yeah, well it wasn't, it was awful, because her father had insisted that should she not like their chose suitor, then they would either disown her or scrape the bottom of the barrel and find the worst possible match that was still worthy of being a pureblood. He'd probably be hideous both inside and out. Oh well, she'd just have to spend more time with Amycus.

All dressed up (after many judgemental glares from her mother) and given the nod of approval from her parents, the three Carrows climbed inside the family carriage. They were pulled across the country by flying horses, breaking through the white clouds and leaving trails across the sky, while the carriage and the horses could not be seen, the whisps of disturbed cloud could be. Alecto's mother was droning on about her manners, what to do and more importantly what not to do. Alecto wasn't really listening, she was watching fields turn into cities that turned into fields once more. She watched as a distinct home came into view. It was familiar, she'd been there before, but over the years and the many homes, they all looked so similar. She'd spent the entire journey, and whole week really, trying to figure out just who she might be meeting. Sadly it was a long list, it would have been longer still had she not squeezed a morsel of information out of her mother about his age. Apparently he was "age appropriate" but what did that even mean? What did her mother consider "age appropriate"? Alecto though anyone hot and about 25 or under was age appropriate, but her mother probably thought some balding fatty in his mid-thirties was an appropriate match. Still, even mid-thirties and under narrowed the pool down considerably given how many single men there were in the elite world. All those spare heirs that were not needed. It would be nice if she could at least be married off to an heir, be guaranteed a fortune. Perhaps a fortune would make this all worthwhile.

Their carriage landed smoothly, as always, and came to a stop out the front of the beautiful home. Alecto stepped out after bother her parents. She straightened her dress and double checked it before walking behind her parents, head lowered, hands in front of her one cupped over the other, it was one of those daft things her parents insisted she do to show respect, to appear modest. Basically she was a gift and nothing more. What total dragonshit. She was a badass bitch and whoever her suitor was would know that by the end of the day. Alecto heard the doors of the manor open for them and she stood upright the second her parents stepped foot inside and wee guaranteed not to look back at her. She'd thought her mother would have given her a once over glance before they headed inside but apparently not. Was Pandora Carrow trusting her daughter? Or was she just expecting her only daughter to mess things up so bad that she didn't care if Alecto's dress was wedged between her arse cheeks? As they came to a stop, Alecto decided she didn't care, she just wanted her parents to step aside so she could see just who in the hell she was supposed to be marrying.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

The closer she got to finiding out who exactly it was that she was to be engaged to, the more Alecto wanted to turn about and run for the hills. The way she looked at it, she had two choices. The first was to run. It was an easy option, just turn around and leg it. There would of course be consequences, but perhaps that would be better than whatever going ahead with this would be, after all Amycus would never see her go without, he would always look after her. Her second option was to keep going, to stick this out, see who it was and accept her fate as the only daughter of a pureblood family with money. Alecto was raised to believe that blood status was everything, and as part of that she needed to have a suitable husband, but why couldn't she find one for herself?

Alecto made. choice. She was sticking this out. She calmed her nerves with a deep breath in and then her suitor was revealed. She looked to see Lysander Burke and an instant wave of relief washed over her. He was cute, he wasn't old, and he came from a family of good money. There was a lot to be said for the Burkes and all of it was good, plus he had an older brother that Alecto had seen at parties, blonde and kind of scruffy around the edges. He was attractive and she most certainly didn't mind the idea of being around him more often. "Lysander!" She said on an outward breath, her relief reaching her face, her lips widening to a smile. This was a good match, she thought. Her parents had come through for her. "My sentiments exactly." She said quietly after he'd kissed her hand. There was a huge weight lifted from her shoulders now, but she still couldn't help but feel slightly pissed off at her parents that they'd put her through all the mystery and anxiety.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

Alecto sat silent and pretty as the parents yammered away. She held a light conversation with Lysander but she didn't want to go into too much with their parents around. Light, civil and utterly pointless was the way to go with this, should she get some alone time with Lysander, then maybe they could cut loose and actually have a good time rather than this stuffy formal display they had to give. At least Lysander was easy enough to get on with, he wasn't an arrogant toe rag which went in his favour. All in all Alecto was kind of glad that it had been Lysander, their children would be the blondest, most incredible little beings in all of existence, although not for some time, she didn't want to be thinking about children just yet.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

The visit with Lysander and the Burkes was going well. There was talk of all the usual stuff, siblings, jobs, school, parents, and obviously what a wonderful match they made. It was all very light and very superficial, and Alecto liked it that way. She was still in school. She didn't want any talk of marriage really in fact she had only come home for the holidays so she could relieve some tension with Amycus and so he could tell her how wonderful she was and just some general reassurances that she would ace her NEWTs, which she would, obviously, but it meant a lot to hear it from her brother. Getting betrothed had not been on her to do list until her parents had sprung it on her. Thankfully Lysander asked the parents permission to be excused and it was granted by his mother. Alecto looked to her own parents, her mother looking exceptionally smug. "I'd like that very much." Alecto placed her hand delicately in Lysander's and stood from her seat, hoping they were going somewhere their parents couldn't spy on them.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

Well this was ... lovely? Alecto looked about the grounds of the Burke home. No doubt this would all belong to Lysander's older brother. Alecto wondered what it was that her future husband would get. Probably nothing as fancy as this, but then again, the Burkes were incredibly well off, from what Alecto understood, so maybe he'd get something just as nice.

Alecto was caught by surprise when the rounded the corner and Lysander pulled her in close, shushing her. Her eyes travelled to where he was pointing and she followed the trellis up to an open window. "Climb?" She repeated, smirking as she looked back to Lysander and those sexy blues he had. Where did that window lead? Merlin she hoped it was somewhere they could fool around and have a little fun in. If it turned out he had some weird collection of toys, then she'd have to consider whether this was a good match or not. "I think I could manage it." She walked to the trellis and took hold, placing her foot on the first weave and tugging a little to make sure it was fixed well enough that she wasn't going to pull it off the wall. It seemed secure enough so she started her climb up towards the open window.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

Alecto made sure to find her footing before she climbed up. Each time she made sure that she wasn't going to slip and come tumbling down on top of Lysander, who she hoped was appreciating the view she was offering. If they were to be man and wife, then he would have all kinds of views to look forward to, this was just the first of many.

Once at the top of the trellis, Alecto felt the window sill and kept climbing until she was standing in a bedroom. She smirked as she looked around, dusting off the front of her dress as she did so. That sneaky so-and-so. Her opinion of Lysander was certainly on the up and up as she turned around to face the window he'd hopefully be climbing through any second.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke

Alecto watched as Lysander climbed in through the window. His body was not built exactly the way she would have liked, but she could see from his climbing that he was certainly more muscular than one would think from a simple glance, "And just what kind of relaxing do you like to do that requires a silencing charm, Mr Burke?" She asked, a coy smirk on her lips and a glint in her eye as she approached him as he leant against the windowsill. She could think of many ways she could test the silencing charm on his room, but she wouldn't consider any of them relaxing.

Tag: Lysander Gideon Elijah Burke
Notes: <3
Outfit: The Future Mrs Lysander Burke