The snow had already stopped. Camelia exhaled a puff of white vapor, holding her books and walking side by side with Severus out of Hogsmeade, heading toward the outskirts.
Yet people always seemed to linger on one's mind; no sooner had Severus briefly thought of Potter and his friends at the apothecary than Camelia and Severus happened to run into them right at the edge of Hogsmeade.
Far off, they saw Potter, his messy black hair disheveled, searching for something around the Shrieking Shack. Black stood nearby in the snow with his hands in his pockets, looking entirely unconcerned, while Lupin and Peter searched the snowy ground alongside Potter, both looking somewhat bewildered.
Chapter 78