We hear Sirius mention his family sparingly and with dislike during the Order of the Phoenix. What memories accompany those bitter tirades? "I'm going to run away," he said suddenly. She sat up blearily but didn't protest his statement. "I've had enough,"

She, Andromeda mused, was the awkward in between. She was the tendrils of smoke where fire and ice meet, the unclear boundary between shadow and light.

Bellatrix arrives at Malfoy Manor from the Department of Mysteries with triumphant news of Sirius' death; news that Narcissa doesn't react well to. Oh and Lucius is insecure. "Oh Lucius! Don't be a great stupid prat! He was my cousin!"