The classes were done for the day and while ninety-nine percent of the school was outside enjoying the last vestiges of a beautiful autumn afternoon, Adalricus was descending into the depths of Hogwarts. Rather than using the girls’ loo on the first floor, he’d used the route that Salazar Slytherin would’ve used. The passageway was hidden behind a portrait of a severe-looking ancestor of Marvolo Gaunt within the Slytherin Common room and led to a long spiral staircase lit only by flickering torches stuck into the walls.