Chapter 213

“Let me tell you why,” Snape said. His face gave nothing away.

“You’re a smart man, Peter,” Snape added with a sneer.

“Let me think. After Voldemort has vanished from the wizarding world for over a decade, and you run into his sworn enemy… what would you do? Throw everything away to avenge your old master? For some washed-up relic whose fate is unknown, whose remaining influence can only cling to life by its fingernails—right under Dumbledore’s nose?”