Chapter 1
"Ma'am, you can't go in there."
I heard the voice behind me but I kept on walking, determined to reach the end of the hall, keeping in mind to not increase my pace.
"Stop ma'am, you—"
Seconds before I could reach the door, a man opened it from the inside, ready to walk out. He was tall, about 6' 4" and extremely good looking but not enough to distract me from my task. I caught a glimpse of what lay behind him despite his tall and built figure. Three men, crowding around what seemed to be a blonde, female figure on the floor. Navy robes pooled around here, almost making it difficult to see the pool of dark blood that she lay in.
This wasn't the killing curse.
This was torture.
I didn't get to confirm the identity of the victim before the man who stood in front of me caught hold of my arm and started to drag me from the scene, and off the floor. I didn't mind now, I had what I came in for and I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get any further with four Aurors in the room. And I definitely didn't want to contaminate the scene - that would be against everything I was trying to achieve anyway.
I'm Lily Evans. Graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. War correspondent for The Daily Prophet.
I was pretty sure I had just seen the dead body of Louisa McLaggen, secretary to the Minister of Magic. Inside the British Ministry.
And hell if it wasn't going to be on the front page of the paper tomorrow morning.