Snow crunched beneath the heels of his iron-plated boots. Their steps echoed beneath ice-coated needles. A trail of footprints stretched back from his heels across all the leagues to Grænthlið. Lonely footprints. Sigærd glanced back south along the line of prints. Nobody walks the North Road. A low thump echoed
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Cold, pale light spilt through dark clouds in fractured beams, pooling upon the fields and hills beyond the grime-crusted glass window. Starlight flickered between the clouds’ tattered fringes as they drew apart, baring the moon’s full, bright face.
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! A torrent of students poured through the corridors. Tapestries and hangings swayed on the walls in the wake of their passing. Snoozing portraits cracked open their eyes to frown and scowl at the hubbub below them.
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! Cold, hard stone pressed into Harry’s cheek and the faint, metallic tang of blood hovered on his parched tongue. A dull, slow beat throbbed somewhere near the centre of his skull. Patches of blurred colour swam
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! Storm clouds brewed on the ceiling of the Great Hall. Lightning flashed above Harry’s corner of Gryffindor Table; its thunder rippled out across the whole hall like waves across a dark sea. He propped his book
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! High, refined cheekbones, slender, elegant brows, bright, clear, blue eyes and full lips framed by flowing, silver hair stared out of the mirror. Perfect. Fleur pushed the small mirror over with the tip of her finger.
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! Light, warm rain turned heavy and cold as October crept by; it drummed on the Forbidden Forest’s canopy as it faded orange, brown, and red, pattering through autumn morning mist into the Black Lake. If it
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! White clouds drifted across the ceiling of the Great Hall. Harry watched them float from one side to the other as he munched on his toast. ‘When does the tournament start again, Hermione?’ Ron asked. ‘It’s
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! Harry stared at the snake engraved tap, tracing the cold metal of the small, silver squiggle with his fingertip. ‘Open.’ It remained quite still. Myrtle giggled and drifted from her cubicle. ‘It doesn’t work if you
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If you prefer audiobooks, listen to the audio version created by Sam Gabriel below! ‘Welcome back to potions.’ Snape’s drawl penetrated the gloom of the dungeons better than the absent daylight, the smell of lead, or even the sharpest knife. Harry repressed the urge to sigh. No doubt Professor Positivity
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