Obtest - 1. To supplicate earnestly; beseech. 2. To invoke as witness. 3. To protest. 4. To make supplication; beseech.
"Lily. I didn't mean it. All those years ago. You know I didn't mean it! Don't you?" Severus's voice trembled as he looked across at the irate young woman; the young woman he had loved ever since he had understood what love was.
She turned her back on him.
"Lily! Please!" He was begging now; begging as a Slytherin should never beg. But he couldn't help it. He needed her.
"It's too late. It's too late! I've married James! I've married James and I love him! I love him, Severus! Now leave me alone!"
With that, she was gone. Forever.