Chapter 266: Fool
Over the next two days, Snape began tailing Samuel and Lina.
He didn't follow them constantly. That would have looked strange. Instead, he timed his appearances, showing up in places they were likely to pass through. The route from the dungeons to the Great Hall before breakfast. The corridor between the Great Hall and the common room after lunch. The stretch from the castle's side door to the courtyard after class.
He memorized their patterns. Which route, what time, how long it took, whether they stopped, and where.
Then he noticed something. Other people appeared around Samuel and Lina from time to time.
Alex, watching from a corridor corner as they passed. Cuthbert, trailing at a distance behind them.
Snape didn't let it bother him. They watched, he followed, everyone played their part. No reason to interfere with each other.
He filed that away too. He'd report all of it to Rabastan when the time came.
The young lord wanted a show, after all. Someone chasing, someone running, someone watching. That was what made it look real.
Sunday morning.