Douglas took a folded newspaper from inside his clothes and handed it over.
It was a copy of the Daily Prophet.
Marco unfolded the newspaper. In the magical photograph on the front page, Lupin was smiling gently, with Hogwarts in the distance behind him.
The headline read in large, eye-catching letters:
"Good news for werewolves! Remus Lupin breaks free of the lycanthropic curse for good, Douglas Holmes ushers in a new era of magical healing!"
The subheading was even more provocative:
"Mr. Lupin to bring hope to Italy, aiding his suffering brethren!"
"This is..." Marco's voice was a little dry.
"An invitation." Douglas's lips curved into a cold smile.
"An invitation written specifically for Fenrir Greyback."
His voice dropped very low, like a whisper before a hunt.
"What can someone like Greyback tolerate least? Not justice passing judgment on him, not Aurors hunting him down."
"It's having the fear he created dismantled. Having the curse he inflicted cured. Having another, entirely different king emerge in the dark, savage world of werewolves he represents."
"He'll see Remus's existence as the ultimate challenge to his authority. He'll come. He has to come. He'll want to tear this hope apart with his own hands, to prove that he alone is the eternal nightmare of the werewolf world."
Every word Douglas spoke dissected Greyback's soul with the precision of a scalpel.
"So I don't need you to search for a needle in a haystack."
"I need you to spread a piece of news through your intelligence network."
Douglas looked into Marco's eyes and spoke each word distinctly.
"Tell them you've found Remus, and that you're about to receive my protection and a cure."
"Then wait for him to come to us."
"When a stray dog from the United Kingdom, reeking of rot and slaughter,