"Damn Mudblood, couldn't he send a normal invitation?"
Lucius Malfoy carefully examined the Silver Card in his hand, but still could not figure out what it was for. Although Severus had said that the wedding date and location would appear on the Silver Card, Lucius was still utterly confused.
Fortunately, Lucius had invited his old friend Severus over for a meal, hoping to glean more useful information from him. Otherwise, he had no idea how to make the next stage of his plan.
"Severus is here."
Narcissa knocked on the study door and called out a reminder.
"Oh, splendid."
Lucius picked up the Silver Card and headed toward the living room.
"Polyjuice Potion, enough for around ten people. This is all I have left." Snape placed a bottle of thick, slowly bubbling potion before Lucius.
"If you need more, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while."
"Thank you. This is a tremendous help," Lucius said gratefully.
"You're welcome."
No sooner had Snape finished speaking than footsteps sounded outside in the corridor.
The living room door was pushed open, and Rodolphus and Bellatrix entered. Seeing Snape at the dining table, they were clearly rather surprised.
"Lucius, I think we should carry out our plan as soon as possible." Ignoring Snape, Bellatrix said to Malfoy, "I've already been to the McDougal family home. She hasn't lived there for a long time."
"So you intend to burn down her house?" Snape's lips curled into a mocking smile.
"Who told you?" Bellatrix narrowed her eyes. "That idiot Avery?"
"Avery is right. If you burn the place down, you'll only alert them." Lucius frowned as he warned her. "It would be as good as telling them outright: I've got my eye on you, so hurry up and hide."
"So what?" Bellatrix said disdainfully. "They