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Chapter Three Now Posted.
Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Cedrella Black Weasley/Septimus Weasley Characters: Septimus Weasley, Cedrella Black Weasley, Martin Weasley (Lumos OC), Roger Weasley (Lumos OC) Additional Tags: Marriage of Convenience, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, Weasley Family-centric (Harry Potter), 1910's - 1950's, Cedrella POV (First-Person & Present Tense), Septimus POV (Third-Person & Past Tense), Septimus Weasley is a Spy, Fighting Grindelwald in 4k, Arthur Weasley's Parents, Slytherin Cedrella, Strategy, Wizarding World (Harry Potter), Lumos!Universe, implied/referenced past sexual assault, Be kind to yourself while reading, Cedrella and Septimus take on the Purebloods, Strong Cedrella Black, Clever Cedrella Black, Fluff and Angst, Victorian Era Vibes, Hurt/Comfort, Action/Adventure, Fighting with Cane Swords, Slow Burn, 15 years of slow burn, Loveless Marriage, Until it isn't, Septimus is good at chess, Cedrella is good at people Series: Part 4 of Lumos Universe Summary:
There is a scorch mark on the House of Black Tapestry where Cedrella's face used to be. One might think a powerful passion had motivated Cedrella to leave her family and all she knew behind.
That would be a gross inaccuracy. Cedrella and Septimus Weasley did not marry for love, and nor do they expect to find it in each other.
Whyever did they marry, then?
Strategy.
Before the ink has dried, the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black, the increasingly powerful Tuft family, and the Pureblood society led by one Cantakerus Nott demand blood for Cedrella's betrayal.
Cedrella loathes the Ministerial Bylaws that place other Wizarding girls in similar danger to that from which she escaped. But old parchment is not easily changed. Meanwhile, evil forces rise under Grindelwald's banner, and Septimus's duties for the Ministry grow ever more dangerous. If they're to survive, they must turn their marriage of strategic convenience into a more effective arrangement. A friendship. A partnership in stealth and strategy.
The risks are steep; the gambit bold.
The Lumos Universe story of Cedrella and Septimus.
