He lost count ages ago of how many people he’s taken down since he turned into a spy. When you’re spying on the Order of the Phoenix for the Dark Lord and spying on the Dark Lord for the Order of the Phoenix, it’s common to lose your morals and your head somewhere along the way. Regulus had completely forgotten the amount of times his eyes had rolled before another body dropped to the ground, and he moved on.

It was who he was. He was the greatest spy in the game for a reason, anyway, and that led him to truly believing he was invincible. Maybe he shouldn’t have had such a big fucking ego, but he thought nobody could even get on his level to take him out in time without him noticing.

That’s what he thought until he was kidnapped one day. Like an idiot, he turned his back for two seconds, and then he was seeing darkness and his limbs went numb. Which led him here, tied to a chair, a blindfold over his eyes. How goddamn stupid.