Private message to Mum and Dad

What do you mean, he refuses? There is no "refusing."

Let me make this clear: I have made choices that there are no walking back from. I'll be an enemy to the Protectorate now, and so will my family. In Lady Lestrange's eyes, Freddie doesn't have enough value to negate my treachery. So he must get out.

Make this clear to him. I don't want to write him again and risk putting an even bigger target on his back.