Order Only: the Flamels

I am afraid that I have extremely bad news to report. Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel are dead. I received an early morning patronus from Bill informing me of the fact this morning. He went in the dead of night last night to their home to check on them (and Molly is ready to wring his neck for taking the risk, since we had already suspected they were being watched or in danger somehow when Nicolas didn't go to pick up Sirius' package). Bill arrived to find the back door of their home ajar and went in.

They've been dead a couple of days, Bill thought. Nicolas was--well, not a mark on him, so Bill suspects Avada Kedavra. But Perenelle had been tortured. Bill was quite badly shaken up. Someone has obviously been through their home, very thoroughly, but whoever did it is long gone.

Bloody hell.