Why had Snape rushed over here? Because he had just learned from Voldemort that Bellatrix had brought a group of Death Eaters to Grimmauld Place to surround and kill the Order of the Phoenix members.
Desperate to save them, he had flown over in a hurry.
He had not expected that the Order members were unharmed. Instead, Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters were all lying on the ground.
What he had expected even less was to see Harry Potter, who had supposedly been dead for five years, among the Order members.
"You're not dead?"
Seeing Harry standing there alive and well, Snape's expression was filled with both shock and joy.
His feelings toward Harry Potter had always been extremely complicated.
On one hand, Harry was the son of James Potter, the man he hated most. He resembled James in every way, and seeing him was like seeing James himself.
On the other hand, Harry was the only surviving child of Lily, the woman he loved most, and he had the same eyes as Lily.
So his hatred was genuine, but he had also been willing to risk his life to protect him.
When he had learned that Harry had been killed, if Dumbledore had not stopped him, he would have nearly fought Voldemort and the other Death Eaters to the death.
"Of course Harry isn't dead, but you traitor are about to die!"
Ron immediately waved his wand, ready to attack Snape.
But Sirius stopped him from the side.
"Ron, don't be rash. He isn't a traitor. We've been able to avoid the Death Eaters' pursuit these past few years entirely because of his help."
Although Sirius hated Snape intensely, aside from Dumbledore, he was the only one in the Order of the Phoenix who knew Snape's identity as