“Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. “Long time, no see.”

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“S—Sirius…R—Remus…” Even Pettigrew’s voice was squeaky. Again, his eyes darted toward the door. “My friends…my old friends…”

Black’s wand arm rose, but Lupin seized him around the wrist, gave him a warning took, then turned again to Pettigrew, his voice light and casual.

“We’ve been having a little chat, Peter, about what happened the night Lily and James died. You might have missed the finer points while you were squeaking around down there on the bed —”

“Remus,” gasped Pettigrew, and Harry could see beads of sweat breaking out over his pasty face, “you don’t believe him, do you…? He tried to kill me, Remus….”

“So we’ve heard,” said Lupin, more coldly. “I’d like to clear up one or two little matters with you, Peter, if you’ll be so —”

“He’s come to try and kill me again!” Pettigrew squeaked suddenly, pointing at Black, and Harry saw that he used his middle finger, because his index was missing. “He killed Lily and James and now he’s going to kill me too…You’ve got to help me, Remus….”

Black’s face looked more skull-like than ever as he stared at Pettigrew with his fathomless eyes.

“No one’s going to try and kill you until we’ve sorted a few things out,” said Lupin.

“Sorted things out?” squealed Pettigrew, looking wildly about him once more, eyes taking in the boarded windows and, again, the only door. “I knew he’d come after me! I knew he’d be back for me! I’ve been waiting for this for twelve years!”Fendi Boots – 08RRP: $97.47 $59.80Save: 39% off

“You knew Sirius was going to break out of Azkaban?” said Lupin, his brow furrowed. “When nobody has ever done it before?”

“He’s got dark powers the rest of us can only dream of!” Pettigrew shouted shrilly. “How else did he get out of there? I suppose He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named taught him a few tricks!”

Black started to laugh, a horrible, mirthless laugh that filled the whole room.

“Voldemort, teach me tricks?” he said.

Pettigrew flinched as though Black had brandished a whip at him.

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“They brought us to Delvina’s summer house on the river,” Bernie said. “That was Saturday night. They chained us up, and I went sort of gonzo, and everyone broke out in hives, including me. Then Delvina and his two goons packed up and left. I guess they didn’t know what to make of the hives. And then the next morning, Delvina and some other guy showed up and started asking about the neck-lace, but every time they’d come near us the hives would get worse and pretty soon they couldn’t stand it anymore and went away. Good thing we were chained to the bath-room, and the chain was long enough to reach to the re-frigerator in the kitchen. They came back this morning and next thing, you rescued us.”

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“Oh dear,” Annie said, “it’s getting late.”

“Not to worry. I have a plan.” I looked over at Bernie. “You’ve stopped scratching,” I said to him.

“I’m too tired to scratch.”

Too bad Bernie was so tired. I wouldn’t mind driving him to a couple people I knew and spreading some hives around. For starters, there’d be my ex-husband, Dickie Orr, and my arch-nemesis, Joyce Barnhardt.

“I’m going to take you home to your wife,” Diesel said to Bernie. “I’m going to drop you off at the curb, and you’re on your own.”