It was not Lucius that her panicked words alerted but one of the house elves, who swiftly came to find his master, to relay the news.
Taken. It was not often someone dared snatch a member of the broader Lestrange family, and a cool resolve filled him. He was not some woman prone to hysteria but a stalwart bastion for the family. He would not form a response until he had all of the necessary information, but he would waste no time in retrieving it.
Apparition in and out of Lestrange House, where he spent the bulk of his time, and the Rookery in Oxfordshire simply did not work, by design, but apparition within the property was alive and well. Thus, he found himself in the entry hall with a pop!, face to face with his panicked niece in the green flames of the fireplace.
"Come through, Nephele," he directed calmly, though far more the calm before a storm than it was soothing. "Tell me what happened."
Taken. It was not often someone dared snatch a member of the broader Lestrange family, and a cool resolve filled him. He was not some woman prone to hysteria but a stalwart bastion for the family. He would not form a response until he had all of the necessary information, but he would waste no time in retrieving it.
Apparition in and out of Lestrange House, where he spent the bulk of his time, and the Rookery in Oxfordshire simply did not work, by design, but apparition within the property was alive and well. Thus, he found himself in the entry hall with a pop!, face to face with his panicked niece in the green flames of the fireplace.
"Come through, Nephele," he directed calmly, though far more the calm before a storm than it was soothing. "Tell me what happened."
— phenomenal set by bex! —