The Wolf is Coming Ch. 18

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Abraham continued to speak to himself, his tone was firm, as if he was stating a fact, "In addition to force, there is another thing that makes people fear the pure-blood. You know, those who are bitten but not dead will become werewolves— ordinary wizards are afraid of this, and dark wizards are also afraid of it. Do you understand what I mean?"

The wand in his sleeve was quietly grasped, and Lupin finally found his voice, "Why do you tell me this suddenly?"

"Yes, why?" Abraham's face showed a distressed expression, and his champagne eyes stared at Wilvo in the dark night, "Probably because... I never belonged here..."

The last sentence was a little unclear, and Lupin could hardly hear it.

But Abraham lowered his head slightly and sighed. When he looked up again, he put on a smile and smiled bitterly, "In the future, I mean, if you and Daisy meet on the battlefield, please let her go this time. She is not a bad person, and she didn't mean to do so. I think... you should know."

The words were spoken very softly, but at this moment, they were like a thunderclap, making Lupin tense up all over.

So that's it... No wonder he always got the news he wanted when chatting with Abraham, no wonder he was so sure that he could use spells, no wonder he was never surprised that he subscribed to the Daily Prophet, a newspaper that only wizards read!

He knew what he was here for!

He had always known!

This realization made Lupin sober up completely, and he drew out his wand and pointed it at Abraham.

"She is my only friend." Even though Lupin's wand was already against the tip of his nose, Abraham's eyes were still calm, without a trace of fear, "Please, Remus."

The hand holding the wand was shaking slightly, and Lupin hesitated.

What was the Abraham he knew like? Gentle, quiet, especially easy to attract small animals, a pure-blooded person who didn't look like a werewolf at all. No matter how you look at it, it was impossible to equate it with sin.

At this moment, a black, skinny figure whizzed past, knocking Lupin several meters away; it was the Thestral just now. It raised its front hoof toward Lupin as if in protest, and then gently rubbed against Abraham.

Remember who said that? People who were most attractive to animals were often the kindest. All things in the world have different languages, but kindness was always connected.

Lupin felt that his bones were about to fall apart. He got up from the ground in a mess, looked at Abraham's astonished expression, and smiled for the first time tonight, "Your affinity with animals is bloody good!"

After what happened that night, the relationship between Lupin and Abraham became stiff.

They would subconsciously avoid each other, choose different times to go out, and take roads they didn't usually take. Obviously, the distance between their residences was less than three meters, but they didn't run into each other once.

Time flied. When Lupin finally found out that Abraham was missing, it was two weeks later.

The current situation has gradually become tense. After not seeing him for many days, Lupin almost thought that Abraham had met with an accident in a corner that he could not see, until he found a farewell letter in the book that Abraham had returned before.

So Lupin knew that his neighbor just left by himself, quietly, just as he usually gave people the impression.

Lupin didn't know how Abraham left, nor where he would go, but he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. There was no figure fishing by the water, no tit birds attracted by the water, and no little girl who often came to visit and kept talking. The days in Wilvo suddenly became monotonous.

Lupin began to take a look at the small house next door when he went out every day, until the closed doors and windows were gradually covered with a layer of dust, and a corner of the door frame was stuck with spider silk, and then it became a hunting net.

Then he realized that Abraham would probably never come back.

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