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    Fourth year was supposed to be simple: a world cup match, a new timetable, and the usual chaos orbiting Harry.

    Instead, Hermione starts noticing the small things everyone else ignores — the legal notices in the back of the paper, the quiet power behind certain families, and the way the rules around underage magic never seem to apply quite the same to everyone.

    Armed with a notebook, a few Muggle “just in case” supplies, and an inconvenient talent for pattern-spotting, she walks into another year at school and straight into the orbit of Theo and Blaise.

    They’re not friends. Not yet. But they have access to the kind of knowledge Hermione’s never been offered, and she has a talent for turning information into leverage.

    Before long, homework is the least important thing they’re working on — and the quiet, hidden parts of the castle matter a lot more than what happens in class.

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