The election had Kieran on-edge. It had only been a few weeks, but the conservatives running had mentioned werewolves more than he'd like, mentioned Hogwarts scholarships, mentioned voting and purism and muggles. He liked the crime part of his job, or the political aspects that solely involved him flitting in and out of the Ministry — he didn't like this. It made him nervous.

So it was good to go to the Augurey, and the first half of the pint went down easy. He shrugged his shoulders at Jude. "I suspect as much," Kieran said, easy even if his tone was flat. Why wasn't Jude looking at him?

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