10. Failure
'The Prophecy, Lucius,' he says. 'Where is it?'
Your grey eyes betray nothing and you betray no one. You are not a coward. You are their leader. 'My Lord,' you say, and inside you your words echo of contempt. 'I was not able to retrieve it.' There is nothing else to say, and you know this will cost you dearly.
'I see,' the Dark Lord says. 'You were run over by a band of children like a dog by the Knight Bus?'
You nod, once. It is the truth.
There is but one thing to say,' your Lord whispers. 'Crucio!'
