Indeed, after all the Ministry and Hogwarts put in for his capture, stopping now or letting their guard down would be a mistake, but at the same time, she wondered just how lucky would they be to catch him. Cowering into a corner, that did not sound like a man that escaped Azkaban.
“If anything, more than a classroom, he seems like a man that would enter the Forbidden Forest to rather hide.“ she voiced this time out loud, not knowing if it was more for herself than anything. “The shallows of it, enough not to be traced, not enough to be in danger himself. No?“
THE RESPONSE TO HER CONSIDERATION was limited to the rise of thick dark eyebrows. for once, he did not bother letting her know his own particular thoughts about black’s brilliance, or better yet, how the fugitive lacked it.
‘ that is more likely, yes. unfortunately, that also does make it much more difficult to track black. ’ severus could feel frustration tying a knot in his stomach —- it was like chasing smoke. if only he could prove the criminal was getting help from within the castle… the urge to storm into lupin’s office & point his wand to the werewolf’s throat was a hard beast to tame. ‘ it beats me, however, how he got in in first place. ’
