Chapter 249: Chapter 249 - Precise Positioning [bonus]
Eight o'clock that evening. The Room of Requirement.
He laid out what had happened, keeping his tone factual. Starting from Rabastan approaching Snape, to Snape coming to him, to what he'd said in response.
"What are we waiting for?" Cuthbert's hand was already in his pocket, fingers closing around his wand. "Go find him. He started it. We hit back. That's how it works."
Regulus looked at him.
Cuthbert's logic was clean and uncomplicated. Rabastan had sent Snape to snoop on Regulus's people. That was a provocation. Provocations got answered.
What would happen after they answered it, whether Rabastan's family would turn their attention to Avery's family, none of that had crossed his mind.
The Avery family was Sacred Twenty-Eight too. At his age, a conflict between young wizards was a conflict between young wizards. The idea that a schoolyard scrap could escalate to a feud between houses didn't compute.
It was a fight. His father's playbook didn't need to come out for a fight.
Alex sat beside him, brow furrowed.