'This is a good time to act. Especially now that this family is hiding so many things,' he thought as he waited in an abandoned building for the messengers to arrive.
They appeared from opposite directions, driving into the building in their black cars with tinted windows.
They stopped right in front of Lucius.
Each one rolled down one of the car windows. There were eight people in total, covered from head to toe in black, armed with magical tools resembling firearms—the most dangerous kind for a wizard at point-blank range.
'They're prepared,' Lucius thought.
The group of eight nodded to him, and Lucius nodded back.
Each of them got out of their respective cars. From one of the cars, they pulled out a reinforced box wrapped in gift-like ribbons; it even had a bow on top to decorate it.
They threw it on the ground and nodded to Lucius once more. "The password is the date from four days ago at 12:01," they said, before getting back into their cars and driving away.
