Author's Note: This is Alecto's POV as you can probably tell by the chapter title. Alecto is another one of my favorite Harry Potter villains, but she's also one of the less known ones. This one is really short and it's not as good as the previous one, but it's one of those things that I need to add in to continue the story.
Alecto Needs Her Sleep
Bella, this is a message for you:
I do not object in any way to you torturing Barty in the room across the hall. I do, however, agree with Severus that you are torturing him too loudly.
It is 1:00 in the morning and the screaming is keeping us all awake. I have been working hard and staying up late tracking down members of the Order and I need my sleep. Trust me; you do not want to be around me when I'm sleep deprived.
The screaming is one of the downsides of the Cruciatus Curse. I always use a simple Silencing Charm to make sure that my victim stays quiet while I torture them. I'd advise doing the same with Barty.
But please don't torture Barty to insanity like you did the Longbottoms. I think that the Dark Lord would be mad at you if you did. I'm not trying to say that he favors Barty over you, but he does like Barty. Besides, Barty's funny. Headquarters would be sort of dull without him tormenting Snape all the time!