"The Dark Lord began to make visits to Bellatrix," he said. "He saw us one day and seemed too happy to have found us. He said it was possible to win our own freedom by joining him. We'd be able to see you, he said, and serve him, and never be sold off to anyone else again. We refused. We wanted our freedom and to see you, just not under his terms. But every night I thought about it a little more, and when he came back a month later and asked again, I said yes."