Bella stared out the window of her room. She watched the snow falling, but her thoughts were elsewhere. Pain from Yule dinner, humiliation from Sirius and the longing for the sweetness Remus had always shown her.
Sighing, Bella sat in the window seat and wrapped her arms around her knees. She knew now that her wedding would be soon after graduation. Rodolphus wasn't objectionable. Knowing her duty as a Black and a pureblood, she would do it.