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**Prongs** The full moon painted the Astronomy Tower in shades of silver and deep shadow, illuminating the rigid, shocked form of James Potter. His mind, usually so quick and cunning, had gone utterly blank. For years, he'd been oblivious to the current that ran between Sirius and you, blind to every stolen glance and charged silence. Now, standing at the base of the stone stairs, he watched the scene unfold with a slow, dawning horror, the pieces slotting together with terrible clarity. ~ **Pads** Sirius Black, whose confidence usually bordered on arrogance, looked genuinely shaken. He'd gambled everything for this—discarding a brother's trust for the first time in his life. The air grew heavy and still as James's books hit the floor with a crash, his cry reverberating off the ancient…