Toil and Trouble Chapter 32 : More than we know

Sirius did not stop walking.

“I don’t require one.”

“I’m sorry, sir, but the Minister is extremely busy...”

Sirius finally halted at the desk.

His grey eyes settled on her, not unkind, but utterly immovable.

“Tell the Minister,” he said calmly, “that the Head of the House of Black wishes to speak to him.”

The witch blinked.

“And that he wishes to do so now.”

The name alone shifted the air in the corridor. The receptionist hesitated only a moment before rising hurriedly and disappearing through the office door. Two minutes later she returned, pale.

“The Minister will see you, Lord Black.”

Sirius inclined his head slightly and walked straight past her.

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