Bellatrix had a harder time as she knew her Lord was waiting for the Black Estates to fall into his hands. She knew her master would have one fit after another when he discovered the Estate was beyond his reach until Draco came of age. But, like Sirius, she'd no desire to see her ancestral home fall into ruin and eventually she was able to force the oath out and sign the agreement. Her master, she knew, had no respect for the Estates he laid claim to because he wasn't a pureblood and didn't understand the reverence his followers held for them. The history in those Estates wasn't his history and so it meant nothing to him.
Only after the agreement was signed and all three had given their oath did the goblin tell the three sisters exactly who the new owner actually was. Narcissa gasped and demanded to know, "Exactly how did that boy come to inherit my family estate. He isn't a Black by blood."
Andromeda rolled her eyes and explained it to her as Bella laughed. As soon as the goblin had named Harry Potter as the Holder of the account it had flashed into her mind how he could have inherited over Draco.
"Cissy," Andromeda said calmly, "Harry is indeed a Black of the Blood. His paternal grandmother was Dorea Black; twin sister to Orion Black who you know was Sirius' father and the heir of Arcturus. Added to his Godfather status that was enough for Sirius to use the old laws and name Harry as his heir until he could produce a son of his own. Since Orion was heir to Arcturus Black who had been the Black of the Black when they were growing up, and Sirius was Orion's heir, that makes your son further down the chain of inheritance than Harry. So Draco was Harry's heir and nothing more until the day arrived when Harry had a second son to take the title from him. And because Orion passed away before Arcturus did, that elevated Sirius to being his heir directly. Since he was in Azkaban, he couldn't produce a child of his own to replace Harry as his heir. But because Harry is a Black by blood Arcturus didn't remove him from the line of succession as was his right. Therefore, Draco is Harry's heir until Harry has either a second son by his first wife or takes a second wife for the Estate and produces a child with her."
Like Andromeda, Bellatrix had always known the Potter Child was a Black of the blood just as much as Draco was. Only Narcissa had failed to remember who Potter's Grandmother had been. She just hadn't let herself think about it since she knew her Lord and master was determined to kill the child. Or die trying to anyway. With that boy's luck, that had a very good chance of happening actually and she wasn't quite sure how she felt about it.
And since Arcturus, who'd outlived Orion, hadn't liked the Dark Lord at all, she had no trouble believing the old man had gleefully accepted Sirius' choice in heir. It helped that young Potter actually was higher in the line of succession than Draco as well. Potter's grandmother was actually closer to the line of succession than her own parents had been. Which meant Potter was closer than Draco though they were the same age. And as those two boys were all that was left of the Black menfolk, of course the estate would go to Potter now.
When the sisters had calmed down, one from being angry and the other amused, the goblin explained the problems Harry was having with Dumbledore and how the old man was attempting to hoodwink the child out of every single knut of his inheritance he could before the boy reached adulthood and how furious he was going to be when he found out he wasn't in charge of the Black Estates. The goblin went into detail, as he'd been instructed by Harry to do, so the sisters would be fully warned as to what to watch out for and just who they knew for sure was benefitting illegally off of Mr. Potter's orphan state. Andromeda narrowed her eyes when she heard her own daughter's name read off as someone taking a monthly payment from the Potter accounts. "Oh, she won't be doing that any more," she announced in a firm, no-nonsense voice. "Not when I'm through with her anyway."
"Want some help, Dromie?" asked Narcissa purring in anticipation. Even Bella, who was the eldest of the three, was looking at her sister questioningly.
"So long as the injuries aren't permanent or deadly, sure. It should be like old times again. Nymphadora seems to have forgotten she's to be upholding the law. Not breaking it when it suits her purposes. And stealing from a child simply because you think he doesn't know of the availability of what you're helping yourself to, is most definitely not upholding the law. I strongly doubt Harry even knows her name. She definitely hasn't earned this coin she's getting each month from his estate."
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