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“I don’t think I have much of a choice,” Harry muttered as Hermione nodded knowingly.

“I don’t get it,” Ron spoke. “Why doesn’t Harry have a choice?”

“Well Ron,” Hermione spoke. “Harry, by stopping Draco’s Veriae side from killing him in an effort to appease his soul mate—”

“Wait a minute. What?”

“That’s why the Veriae will commit suicide,” Harry muttered, staring at the floor. “In a twisted way, it thinks that killing itself will make the mate happy if the mate hates it so much that he/she won’t bond with him/her.”

“Weird,” Ron muttered.

“Yes, anyway, now that Harry has…well…shall we say, committed himself to the Veriae side of Draco Malfoy, he’ll now have to complete the bond.”

“Or…?”

“Draco will do it for him,” Hermione finished and Harry winced.

“WHAT?”

“Remember how Veela treat their mates, Ron?” Hermione asked a stuttering Ron. “Well, Veriae are not Veela in any genetic way, but their need to complete the bond now that the soul mate, in this instance Harry, has committed himself will start to look very similar if Harry doesn’t complete the bond himself.”

“So Harry’s going to…mate…with Malfoy?” Ron couldn’t keep the slight disgust out of his voice and for the second time Harry found himself wincing.

“Not like that, Ron.” He spoke and Ron heaved a sigh of relief.

“That’s right. Harry’s only got to kiss him.”

“Potter’s got to kiss me?” Draco half shouted as the elder Malfoy finished explaining how his son would complete the bond with Harry Potter.

“Draco!” Lucius’s own voice rose in volume, reminding the younger Malfoy that shouting at the top of one’s lungs like that was an undignified act unbefitting of a Malfoy.

Ron blinked and then frowned. “What kind of kiss are we talking about Hermione?”

Harry also frowned. He hadn’t thought of that.