Challenge: Advanced Potions Making, III
Word Count: 100
Severus narrowed his eyes. “I'm not sure I know what you mean.”
She smiled, but there was no mirth in it. “Why do you think I left the Ministry to revise old textbooks? 'The cleverest witch of my age,' but no one took me seriously after Rose was born. It's as if I'd suddenly become stupid because I had a child.”
Severus went cold. Was this what was in store for him? His body had already begun to change, and even with Remus he was deeply unnerved by the thought of the next few months. “Tell me more,” he said.