A brother who merely uses you to get ahead in his classes? A mindless jock in all other aspects of his school life? Who are you kidding? You made your choice long before the King of Slytherin made you his Queen, so get with the program, I chastised myself sharply. Yes, yes I did willingly make that choice. I did love my husband, and even if he could only be himself with me privately, I knew that he loved me in his own way.