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Chapter 244 - The Inheritance! Light NSFW!

{15th July 1992}

{Rigel's POV}

We stood very still for the length of three breaths, soaking in the room.

It smelled faintly of pressed paper and old oil; the air felt cleaner than it had any right to be. The chamber itself was not grand—barely wider than a storage room and not much deeper—its walls swallowed by bookshelves carved straight into the rock. No bound books rested in the crevices, instead, neat rows of scrolls set in tubes, ro...

Chapter 242 - The Trinity!

{15th July 1992}

{Dumbledore's POV}

Fawkes's fire folded us out of Scotland's wet, cool air and into a warm air that gently glided along my body. Delhi glimmered in the near distance—glass and shining lights pricking the night like a spilled constellation—while here, at the edge of the plain, the air held still and waited.

We were not alone.

Three figures stood as if they had always been here and I had simply taken too long to noti...

Chapter 241 - Order of the Phoenix! Part-2

{15th July 1991} 

{Sirius's POV}

"What happened, Sirius?" Albsu asked his voice even as he waited.

"They took us, Albus," I said, and once I started, I didn't bother to slow the current. "Rigel and I noticed that something was wrong with the treasure hunt, so we were planning on finishing the trip—Portkey home primed and humming—when the Patils attacked. They pulled the lot of us off: me, Harry, Rigel, Ron, Fred, George, and Ginny. ...

Chapter 240 - Order of the Phoenix! Part-1

{15th July 1991} 

{Sirius's POV}

The iron gates of Hogwarts loomed like a memory I'd been trying not to have. Taller than fear, older than almost everything around, laced with runes that hummed in the bones as if the whole damned thing were a tuning fork held against the sky. I stood five paces around as I tried to think of a solution, hands itching to blast the bars into scrap, but knowing I would not be able to do a thing to them. It would ...

Chapter 239 - History of the Houses! Part-2

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

"Status."

The word hung in the cave a moment, gathering its own echo, before Padma picked it up again. "You might think it's silly," she said, voice steadier with each syllable, "but a surname—your surname—carries power whether you claim it or not. You are descended from one of the old houses, the kind that can trace itself to the foundations of your country. If you decided one day to run for Minister...

Chapter 238 - History of the Houses! Part-1

For a long breath after the rope snapped the world away, I stared at the space it had occupied and watched the color of Portkey mana fade like the afterimage of a camera flash. Relief uncoiled in me—not the loud kind, but the quieter certainty of a sword finally slid back into its scabbard. Another blade took its place above my head, of course, but this one, at least, had a sheath: the contract's clauses lay between it and my neck.

The lull didn't last. Nalini and Mr. Patil were alrea...

Chapter 237 - Up Up and Away!

The moment I read the different location listed on the identity, I did not let my face change. Calm makes better armor than anger.

I kept my gaze on the parchment, let my fingertip drift as if following the last lines of blood, and reread. It didn't take long to see where they thought they could tuck a dagger between ribs: the clause for my Portkey did not name the destination—only "the same location." Same as what? Same as the group's destination? Same as the place where the contract...

Chapter 236 - Ink, Blood, and Contracts

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

Mr. Patil rolled the parchment out with a care that bordered on reverence, smoothing the curl from the vellum until it lay flat and pale as an untroubled pond. The feather he set beside it was crafted simply—raven-black barbs, clear spine—until he turned it in the candlelight and the nib flashed a dull, hungry red.

A quick inspection told me what it was. 'A blood quill, then.' Likely not something sim...

Chapter 235 - Reforging binds!

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

I sat very still and focused on slow breaths to maintain my calm; the wait was likely going to be longer than before. I looked around again. The candle above me fluttered in a draft I could not feel, its flame drawing a thin gold ellipse on the ceiling before settling again. Dust lay on the fan blades like frost on leaves, unmoving, each mote a tiny moon in the candlelight. Stone pressed a damp chill through th...

Chapter 234 - A lucky break!

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

A white wave of mana slid across the room like silk.

The Imperius Curse did not strike like a blow, it breezed—soft as breath on a mirror—and the world dulled softly as if a veil was flung over my eyes. A strange buzz unfurled under my skin, dissolved the ache in my ribs, smoothed the iron bite of the chains. 

For a heartbeat, I sat buzzed.

I blinked once. Twice. The dullness did not ...

Chapter 233 - Unveiling hands!

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

I let the shock settle into a hard, cold knot and forced myself to breathe evenly. Panic never solved a puzzle, information did. The candle above guttered just enough to throw a wavering crescent of light across Mrs. Patil's cheekbone, making her look carved rather than born. She was a beautiful woman in her own right, but my mind was focused on something else. Past the wall that had gone transparent and then s...

Chapter 232 - A lesson in History!

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

Pain radiated sharply through my skull, and I fought against it, my breath quickening with every second. My thoughts spun wildly, a desperate storm trying to latch onto something—anything—that might free me from this predicament. But every attempt was thwarted: my mana, a comforting presence I'd relied on, lay inaccessible and inert, locked behind whatever enchantments these chains carried.

My wrists ...

Chapter 231 - The Attack! Part-2

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

A low groan escaped my lips as consciousness slowly seeped back into my aching body. My head pulsed with a relentless, stabbing pain that sharpened with every slow heartbeat, scattering my thoughts into a blurred mess. Forcing my heavy eyelids open, I blinked groggily into dim light, my vision swimming for several disorienting seconds before finally coming into some semblance of focus.

The first coherent ...

Chapter 230 - The Attack! Part-1

{15th July 1991} 

{Rigel's POV}

I gripped Sirius's sleeve firmly, leading him swiftly through the open door onto the wide balcony. The cool mountain air hit me, briefly stealing my breath, and the distant lights of Gangotri glowed softly in the darkening twilight. I glanced once at Ginny, offering her a reassuring smile that I hoped masked my growing unease. She returned the smile hesitantly, her fingers tightening slightly around the edge of...