Draco seemed content to be far from the seat of power. Many spoke in hushed voices that he had his fill of being near the Dark Lord when he was still in Hogwarts. He'd proven himself to be a useful tracker. If he hadn't, there was no question he would have long ago been eradicated. As it was, no respectable family would allow their daughters to enter into an alliance with the Malfoys. Unless he was willing to lower himself to find a bride within the Halfblood families or even a Muggle-born, the Malfoy family was set to become one more extinct Sacred Twenty-Eight family.