Shaking his head, the Dark Lord's equal replied, "Lady Malfoy, I respect your offer and understand your motives. You are an intelligent woman who knows how to play to her strengths. However, the criteria for my followers are vastly different from my Lord's. I understand that you try to buy safety for your husband. But I am not the person to grant it. First, because I couldn't care less about Lucius. Second, all influence I have I use in furthering our agenda. As long as your husband is useful to us, he will survive. He might be hurt, injured even if he continues his idiocy, but at least his life will be spared. If you want to help Lucius, bring him to heel. Make him think with his brain and not with his cock, because this dick waving contest he has going on with the other Death Eater's won't end in his favour."