Chapter 280: Laying It Out
After the last class of the afternoon, Regulus stepped out of the classroom and stopped in the corridor, glancing back.
Cuthbert, Alex, and Hermes filed out behind him. Lina and Samuel trailed a few paces further back, and when they saw him standing there, they stopped too.
"With me." He looked at Lina and Samuel. "Both of you as well."
He turned and walked without waiting.
Cuthbert and the others fell in behind him. No one asked questions.
Lina and Samuel exchanged a glance and followed, though they kept a few steps' distance, not crowding in. Lina walked slightly ahead, Samuel half a step behind and to her right. They had their rhythm by now: Lina took point, Samuel covered the rear.
Six of them crossed the castle grounds toward the Black Lake.
Slytherin's second-year class wasn't large to begin with, and this was most of it, moving together in a column that looked almost like a formation.
The wind hit harder once they reached the lakeshore.