"Are we really not going to help her?"
Alecto, standing by the window and watching Bellatrix leave, withdrew her gaze and turned to her colleague, whose face showed little expression. Yaxley had successfully taken Lucius's former position and temporarily become the planner of their operations, though she felt he was just as unreliable as Lucius.
"Who knows whether it's a trap? Ever since Lucius went to disrupt that wedding last time, that Mudblood has been deliberately targeting us. And..." Yaxley paused, then looked up and asked, "Didn't you stay behind too? I remember you and Bellatrix used to be close."
"Her mind is completely consumed by thoughts of killing that Mudblood, yet we don't even know where he is. Charging in blindly like idiots would be far too foolish. One experience like that was enough."
Alecto looked at Yaxley and sneered. "That Mudblood is dangerous. You know that perfectly well. If you want to kill him, you need other methods, not run off to duel him like an idiot. I guarantee you'd get the shit beaten out of you too."
"I thought you hated him. Amycus is still locked up in Azkaban, and he even paid to get himself thrown in there," Yaxley mocked.
He had to admit that Alecto was right, but they were Death Eaters. Doing whatever it took to achieve their goals was perfectly normal.
If someone truly wanted to kill a person, only an idiot would go and duel them. Nor did they have to use the Avada Kedavra Curse. Killing him by other means was the correct, intelligent approach. Ever since witnessing Lucius and Bellatrix's miserable fates, Yaxley had had no desire to trouble that man. Just as Snape had said, before finding the enemy's weakness and delivering a fatal blow, they had better hide