In the silent wilderness, two figures appeared out of thin air. One of them lost her balance the moment she arrived and fell to the ground.
"Are you all right, Bella?"
Alecto Carrow's voice came from the darkness. Just as she reached out to help her colleague, who looked as ragged as a beggar, and pulled her up from the ground, she suddenly found a wand pressed to her throat.
"What do you mean by this?" Alecto frowned slightly as she looked at Bella, who seemed close to losing her mind.
"You traitor."
Bella wanted nothing more than to kill the woman before her. It was not that she suspected Alecto, but every sign pointed to something being very wrong with her.
"Traitor?"
Alecto muttered, seeming to ponder the meaning of the word.
"I know what happened to the Lestranges has made you sad, but that doesn't mean you can slander people without reason. Before the operation, Narcissa warned you that this was probably a trap. You didn't take it seriously at all, but I believed her and made thorough preparations."
Watching Bella glare at her, Alecto reached out and pushed the wand away from her neck. "If I were you, I'd go back and treat my injuries first instead of taking your anger out on me. Don't forget, I saved you, Bellatrix Lestrange."
Alecto's words made Bella hesitate briefly. The next moment, Bella suddenly collapsed to the ground and passed out, while the female Death Eater froze in place like a stone.
No one knew what had happened. The change had come so suddenly, as though someone had reached out and pressed a pause button.
"So perceptive. Or do Dark Wizards not need evidence when they suspect someone?"
From the empty darkness came what sounded like someone's muttered complaint.