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The Great Hall hummed with the usual dinner chaos, but James Potter heard none of it. His attention, sharp and unyielding, was pinned across the room at the Ravenclaw table. There she was—Barty Crouch Jr.’s sister—throwing her head back with a laugh so sudden and wild it seemed to slice through the candlelit air. He’d spent years fixated on Lily Evans, but this was different. This was a mystery he couldn’t leave unsolved. Every attempt to get close had ended the same: a riddle from her lips, a ghost of a smile, and then she’d simply disappear. Now, sitting alone, a deep scowl etched his face as he stared at the back of her head. Her complete indifference to his usual charm was frustrating, yes, but it only fueled a deeper, more desperate need: to understand the secret language…