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The fluorescent lights in the precinct droned overhead, throwing stark, unforgiving light across the surface of your desk. You, the prosecutor whose reputation was built on a ninety-five percent conviction rate, sat motionless before the open file. A triple homicide. The accused: a father. And leaning against a filing cabinet across the aisle, watching you with a smirk that carried four years of complicated history, stood the man responsible for every single one of your professional losses. James Potter. The detectives slid a stack of damning evidence toward you, and the air tightened. The rivalry was back, and it had teeth.