I felt floored as it sank in; I didn't want to believe it. Narcissa sacrificed her child to avoid being beaten. She was willing to expose a child to the same fucked up man that she was married to. She didn't even stop to consider that her son might also have to bear Lucius" rage, just like Herpy did after Dobby was freed. I always thought people who had a child to "save" a relationship were doomed to failure, but I have never before thought a woman would stop poisoning herself so she could become pregnant to avoid being abused. No wonder Draco was such a prat growing up, and why my Cissy only had the one child. I couldn't even begin to wrap my mind around her relationship with Rita, and how she seemed to enjoy pain with her sex.