"How did you come to know about it then?" Remus asks, following this line of thought as quickly as a blood hound, trying to find a weak spot in the story that will allow him to exploit any possible foul play.

He gives Regulus a slow, reassessing look. "You know or you just think you know?" he asks, then wonders what Regulus meant by liking him the best. Out of who?

But that'll have to wait too.

"It might be true, but you're not going to be the one dying for it."