Anxiously, the fourth year continued to work on steadying her breathing as the other girl left for what felt like an eternity. What would she do if her housemate simply never returned? Live here forever? Or wait until the wee hours and try to dash out like a thief in the literal night? What a shame she was so young—a NEWT-level student might have been able to conjure something!

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