Vaughn had asked Barnard to notify C's leadership about the meeting yesterday afternoon. Arthur had not even gone to work yet, so he had clearly heard the news before leaving work last night.
With that level of sensitivity to intelligence, if Vaughn had not been a transmigrator, he might even have suspected that his father, who seemed to spend his days coasting along at the Ministry of Magic, was some hidden mastermind.
Arthur shook his head. "Not just me. Word has spread throughout the Ministry of Magic. It seems to have come from the Executive Bureau."
Vaughn raised an eyebrow slightly. The makeup of C's Executive Bureau was not particularly complicated. Aside from him, the chairman, its leadership consisted of only thirteen people.
Three vice-chairmen and ten executive committee members.
None of the three vice-chairmen had any reason to cause trouble at this point. Lupin was one of his own, Ogden was Dumbledore's staunch ally in the Wizengamot, and the remaining Confederation representative, Chevalier, belonged to Akinbade's faction.
He had just reached a cooperation agreement with Akinbade. The man had no reason to play petty games.
Leaking the news was not a major issue in itself, but C's position had been rather delicate lately. Whoever had done it undoubtedly had ulterior motives.
Of the ten executive committee members, six were werewolf representatives and could be ruled out immediately. The same went for Oliver Yaxley.
After the incident involving Sirius's attack, Corban had firmly tied the Yaxley Family's fortunes to Vaughn. Unless he wanted his entire family destroyed, he had no reason to turn traitor. That left only one of the other three as the possible source of the leak!
Vaughn was not sure who it was, nor was he interested in investigating. The establishment of the International Werewolf Association had