Jerry pushed open the door to Catherine's private Common Room in Slytherin House and stepped inside. Catherine followed close behind, her expression grave.
"Your Eminence, are you all right? What exactly happened during Defence Against the Dark Arts today?" Catherine asked with concern, a hint of anxiety in her eyes.
Jerry frowned slightly. Looking at the anxious Catherine beside him, he asked in a low voice, "I'm fine, but judging by how worried you are, I doubt that's the only reason you came. What happened that made you seek me out so urgently?"
Catherine lowered her head, a trace of frustration in her voice. "It's about those pure-blood noble families. We've been keeping the Fawley family, the Rowle Family, the Selwyn family, and the Yaxley Family under close surveillance. But we just received word from our watchers that after the heads of the Rowle, Selwyn, and Yaxley families gathered at the Fawley family's ancestral home, they mysteriously disappeared. When our people noticed something was wrong and rushed inside, they found only a destroyed Portkey in an underground chamber. The family heads were already gone."
"This was an oversight on our part, Your Eminence," Catherine said apologetically. "I've already sent word to my grandfather and asked him to dispatch the Enforcement Squad immediately to catch those rats!"
"Those pure-blood families?" Jerry murmured, sitting down on the sofa with his brow furrowed.
Seeing him lost in thought, Catherine explained softly, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late, Your Eminence. I came to you in such a hurry because I was afraid those cunning rats might resort to underhanded means to hurt you."
"Don't worry so much." Jerry gently patted Catherine's hand to reassure her, then took it and drew her down beside him. "Their relatives are still here, and they haven't