
He had felt it creep up on him like a sickness. His whole body felt wrong and heavy. Something deep in his soul felt sick, and numb. It settled into him though he tried to ignore it, though he tried to not think about what it meant...but he knew, he always knew.
It meant that Avada Kedavra was coming back.
Finally, after all this time...Avada Kedavra was coming back to make good on the deal. He would be forced to serve him, provide him the the items he needed to poison or maim or heal. He could not say no...If he did, it had been implied that Acacia's life could go back to that fragile state she was in before--the one right before death.
She wasn't talking to him, she didn't know what he had done for her--done because he loved her like his daughter. And now, he had children of his own or would soon...and now he feared for them too. But he couldn't change a thing, wouldn't.
He stood there, uneasily moving back and forth since his summons. What did Avada Kedavra want?