Inez spun on her feet, and so did Scarlet.
Gilderoy stood behind them, his red eyes glaring at them hard, and when the two sisters tried to flee, Gilderoy raised the whip that he had smeared with wolfsbane and slammed it against their backs. The whip burnt the fabric of the clothes, sending a jolt of searing hot pain down their spines.
"Did you have fun playing hide and seek with me?" Gilderoy asked with a glare. He slowly walked over to Inez, who had toppled face-first on the ground and when Scarlet tried to push herself off, the man raised the whip in his hands and whipped her.
"AH!" Scarlet had gritted her teeth, but she still ended up screaming in pain.
