Whispers in the Dark

Prologue

"Lilian, take Hadrian and leave! NOW!"

"Salazar no, I can't..."
Tears were rolling down her face.

"GO!"

Lilian takes a deep breath and goes up the stairs
to Hadrian's room.

She opens the door and dashes at her son.

"Mom?"
Hadrian looks at her, confused.
"Are you okay?"

Lilian laughs hysterically. "Of course, darling.
I need you to listen to me carefully, okay?"

Hadrian nods slowly, still not understanding
what's happening.

Turning her head around and searching frantically for an object, Lilian hears a lot of shouting and explosions.

While grabbing a small teddy bear, she transforms it into a portkey and writes a letter as quickly as possible.

"Mom, is Dad okay?"

Hadrian grabs the hem of his mother's robes with his tiny hands.

"MOM!"

"One second, darling...."

Grabbing the now-turned portkey and the letter,
she puts them into Hadrian's hands.

Lilian heard the sounds of people running up
the stairs.

"Hadrian, we do not have much time. There are
bad men after your dad and me. You have to go."

"B..but why? Who?"

Stroking his head, Lilian smiles sadly at her son.

"His name is Grindelwald. You are the most precious thing to your father and me. We will always love and be proud of you."

Kissing her son's forehead for probably the last time, she mumbles fastly the activation word for the Portkey.

"Mom, no-"

That was the last time he saw his mother alive.