Chapter 369: Trapped

Chapter 369: Trapped

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 369: Trapped

"Lestrange?! But then, you are..." Daphne was, of course, well-informed about Voldemort's closest servants. The Lestranges were the only ones who disappeared alongside the Dark Lord.

"You know about me? It's been so long since I left England." His eyes scanned Daphne up and down.

She wasn't wearing her school robes, so he could only guess.

"You have the air of a true pureblood lady. That's unfortunate. If the circumstances were different, I would offer you the chance to join me. But my instructions were very clear on what to do with any witnesses."

Harry noticed some faint magical signatures around them. They were much harder to detect than normal magical folk, but they couldn't escape his senses.

His eyes then moved to the vampire ahead. Rabastan Lestrange was one of his primary targets, and now... Fate had put him right in front of him.

Harry had no intention of letting this opportunity go to waste.

But he had to consider how to approach this.

'I have no time to set up any type of anti-apparition wards, so if he tries to teleport away, I won't be able to stop him.'

Yes, he could attempt to kill him before Rabastan could do anything and then try to summon his soul, like he had done before with the werewolf and Umbridge.

Had Lestrange been a normal wizard, Harry would have seriously considered this option.

But Rabastan Lestrange had been turned into a dark creature... a vampire. One of their many names was the 'Soulless ones'.

It was a common belief that vampires lost their souls on the day they transformed, but studies on the matter had been lacking, and nothing had ever been proven.

Vampires had night vision. Even on the darkest of nights, they could see everything as clearly as if it were the middle of the day.

But his yellow eyes were unable to pierce through the darkness of this place for some reason. It was as if there was truly nothing there.

Rabastan felt a sense of uneasiness and... fear.

His Master had been the only one who had ever made him feel truly afraid... until now.

This place scared him to no end, and he couldn't even understand why exactly, but he knew that he wanted to get out of here.

"The portkey..." He glanced down and looked at it, wondering why it hadn't pulled him away already.

The small stone sphere had cracks all over its surface, and dark smoke was coming out of the cracks.

"This can't be happening... It's broken?" He had never heard of a portkey breaking in such a manner.

But he still had another way. His hands moved to his neck and pulled onto his gold necklace.

This was his emergency portkey. He never left the house without it. This would take him to a secret safe house that belonged to his family. Not even his Master knew about its location.

"Corvus Oculum." Those were the words to activate it.

For a moment, he felt the magic inside the necklace activate and felt a wave of relief wash over him.

But it didn't last long. He then heard a loud cracking noise. The beautiful gold necklace split right in half, and from the crack... dark smoke started to come out.

"No... not this..."

There was a big downside to wizards becoming vampires. Their magic worked in a very different manner, making it impossible to cast spells the way they used to. Using a wand became impossible from then on.

Of course, they gained many powerful gifts that made up for this, but... none of those were of any consolation to Rabastan at this very moment, as he just lost his only means of escape.

"Noooo!"

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