He read the letter again.
Regret to inform you...change of plans...feel it wisest to keep him close to home...certain you'll understand.
Regards,
L. Malfoy
Karkaroff grimaced and considered the parchment for a moment before tapping it with his wand. It charred immediately and curled into black ash.
So the Malfoy brat wasn't coming next year after all. Well, so much the better. He'd hardly wanted the son of a fellow Death Eater snooping around his school in the first place, but especially not Lucius's son.
If he were anything like his father, he'd be an unbearable prat.