BOOK 8 OUT OF 12 OF MY HP SERIES
▪︎ Synopsis ▪︎
Nimah Black and Fred Weasley were both rivals in everything. Their differences were obvious to a fault and it did not make it any better when the two became Captains of the Quidditch teams. So what hap...
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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Execution to resist the truth had proven far harder than either of them could truly accept.
For Nimah and Fred, accepting that their burdens were not theirs alone required a level of surrender neither was used to. The duo had always been resilient, stubborn to a fault, and determined to shoulder the weight of their choices. But the truth? That was a burden they had avoided for far too long.
It wasn't just Peeves and the Bloody Baron who had pointed it out. Whether through subtle remarks or outright declarations, anyone they approached seemed to share the same perspective: their guilt was misplaced, their pain self-inflicted in ways that needn't be.
"It seems," Nimah mumbled, staring into the distance, "that we're the only ones who think what happened was our fault."
Fred sat beside her, the same disbelief mirrored in his expression. "Were we foolish not to see it?" he muttered. "Or were we just fooling ourselves all along?"
Silence hung between them, the weight of their self-imposed guilt pressing down. For weeks, all they had were questions—questions no one but themselves could answer.
"You know," Fred said after a moment, his voice quieter than usual, "when James spelt it out so clearly, it hit me. We've been using this blame to stay ignorant. Pretending everything is fine when it isn't."
