Snape did not speak, his hands clenching even tighter.
"Severus..." Alistair looked at the silent Snape, unable to find any more words of comfort.
He had never expected Professor Burbage's death to come so abruptly; it was completely outside of anything he could have anticipated. He began to feel a bitter regret that he hadn't warned her in advance so she could have put up defenses and avoided falling into Voldemort's hands.
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