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other were-creatures. Hence the link between them would be broken.

In the absence of this link, there is no way for the werewolves to detect the magic in Flare.

Since he couldn't detect the magic, he would obviously think that Flare was dead.

After all, it is not a normal occurrence for someone to cast a curse. Hence the thought of curse would not strike their minds easily.

Also, Lily had casted the curse so discreetly that there is no way one would realize what she was doing.

She actually used the battle with the wolves as a camouflage to the curse she was casting on Flare.

She used her attacks against the wolves as a cover up for her movements during her casting.

She also made sure to make it look like Flare was getting attacked by the wolves when he was actually getting affected by the curse.

Though she couldn't bear to see her newborn suffer from the pain of curse, it was actually better than being dead.