His temper flared, without thinking he had grabbed his wand from his room; one last look at Miranda, lying out cold on his bed, was all he needed to send him downstairs to look for the monster who had done that to her, he found Luscious in the study…

Malfoy looked up from his book when he heard someone enter, a smile still on his lips. “Can I help you, Gabriel?”

“Expelliarmus!”

The book that Luscious had in his hand went flying across the room, hitting a wall and falling to the floor. The older wizard’s eyes widened as he clambered to his feet, seeing the pure hate in Gabriel’s eyes.

“Gabriel!” Malfoy grabbed his cane, pulling the wand out of the top and pointing it at the boy. “Flipendo!”

The small side table that had been standing between the two wizards flew towards Gabriel, knocking him back onto the wall.

“Expelliarmus!”

Gabriel’s wand flew from his hand, landing a few feet away, while the boy was still dazed Luscious pulled him up, wrapping a hand around his neck as he pressed him against the wall.

~`~`~

He had just entered the manor, having been out exploring Diagonally most of the day. He had used flue-powder to get home and now he was covered in soot. Dusting himself off as he passed a window that showed the evening sky he skidded to a halt as he spotted Miranda.

“Mir!”

He got on his knees beside her, pulling her up to a sitting position. Her body shook slightly as she looked away from him; her white blouse hung loosely off of one shoulder, her skirt was ruffled, stained slightly with blood.

“Miranda…. Look at me…”

He gently placed a hand on her cheek, turning her head towards him. Gabriel looked over her again, a few cuts bruises decorated her arms and legs. He let his other hand hold her shoulder, he could see where tears had fallen recently on her cheeks, and fresh ones were forming.

“Who did this to you?”

“Lu…. Lu…” Her eyes started to fall shut, “Malfoy…” She closed her eyes, passing out. She fell forward, into his chest.

60 seconds.
That’s how long he stared at her limp body, shock washing over his features. When he regained control of his body again he stood up, Miranda lying in his arms. He carried her upstairs, his room was closer then hers so he laid her down on his bed.
He grabbed his wand.

~`~`~

Luscious could have sworn he saw a flash of red in Gabriel’s eyes, and then his fist connected with Malfoy’s face. He stumbled back, his wand slipped from his hand and he let go of Gabriel.

“I swear to you.”

Gabriel had retrieved his wand, and now had it pressed into Malfoy’s throat. He was leaning in to whisper into the man’s ear from where he sat on the floor.

“If you ever touch her again.”

He pressed his wand harder.

“If you even look at her in a way I don’t like. “ He looked the wizard in the eyes.
“I. Won’t. Be. Afraid. To. Go. To. Azkaban.”

He let go of the older man, standing up and walking over to the door, he heard Luscious getting up and he quickly turned around.

“Stupefy!”

As Malfoy slumped to the floor again, knocked out, Gabriel started up stairs, he needed to take care of Miranda now…