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which meant that Nymphadora—who liked to be called Tonks—was safe... for now. Of
course, that all depended on whether or not Remus had ruined that potential future that
Mia had come from.
"I'm looking for a job anywhere, to be honest," Remus casually replied.
"Lovely collection," Dumbledore commented, scanning Remus's bookshelves that
were covered from floor to ceiling in every subject imaginable, most of them regarding
defensive measures against Dark Arts, Ancient Runes, and a few selected titles on Time
Magic.
Remus had everything from Most Macabre Monstrosities, and Merpeople: A
Comprehensive Guide to Their Language and Customs, to A Compendium of Common Curses and Their
Counter-Actions, and surprisingly Lupine Lawlessness: Why Lycanthropes Don't Deserve to Live.
Dumbledore's fingers drifted over that particular book. "Have you read Wanderings
with Werewolves?"
Remus snorted and folded his arms across his chest "Absolutely not. Gilderoy
Lockhart is an idiot in a class of his own."
"He was, until recently, our Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor,"
Dumbledore said with a smile.
Remus gaped in shock. "With all due respect, have you simply run out of people to
take the job? They weren't all awful when I was in school, but even the anti-werewolf Death
Eater that tried to kill us during fifth year wasn't entirely useless."
"It is quite a difficult position to fill," Dumbledore admitted, looking amused by
Remus's irritation. "A problem I was hoping to rectify right now. How would you like a
job at Hogwarts?"
It was as if the air had been sucked out of the room. A job? A real job with money.
Not just money, but a place to live that was not in dire need of repairs. Not just any place
to live, but Hogwarts, a place that had been a second home to him for the most important
years of his life. The home where he met his best friends, formed his pack, spent nights
revising in the library and mornings eating together at the Gryffindor table where—Food!
A job that provided three square meals a day!
Remus was shaking at the very thought of not scraping by.
"The pay isn't quite as much as I'd like to offer," Dumbledore explained, evidently
taking Remus's silence as a negotiation tactic. "But there is room and board, of course, and