"These politicians, my Lord... The belief systems they follow are arbitrary, there are more likely to trust a manual structure that has not only an immaculate reputation but also an immaculate family image." Abraxas stated, trying to sugarcoat Tom's situation. He had been a loyal follower off Tom since Hogwarts School when he had become a knight of Walpurgis; Tom's cult like following.

"And what do you mean by family image?" Tom asked tersely, or ordered - depending on your viewpoint.

"A wife Tom, a pure blooded wife. In which you can parade around with, on your arm as eye candy to disarm any political opponents." Abraxas said with slight hesitation as to not upset his lord.

A wife. A wife?! How on earth was he going to get one of those?!

Yes, Tom maybe charismatic and quite handsome but his personality when he wasn't debating other politicians had much left to be desired. And more importantly he was a dark lord for Merlin sake. He had much better things to do and then to dote on some brainless house wife.

So there Tom found himself, many moons later in an arranged marriage with a woman of reasonable heritage, good looks and a disarming smile - she was also the most infuriating woman on the planet but one does what one must to achieve absolute control.

"Dammit, hurry up woman, we are late enough for the ministry ball as it is." Tom hissed through the door to their Chambers. His giant snake, a Burmese Python, nagini gave him a look as if to say 'what on earth are you doing.'