Allie lowered her gaze to the floor, where a patch of light cast through the small window formed an unusual streak of brightness in the gloomy and dreary house.
She could understand Sirius's inner conflict, just as she feared speaking of her own anomaly—concealing how her body acted like a vessel containing three souls. Whether it was Harry or her, Sirius showed enough care and affection toward both of them, yet his tolerance dropped to zero the moment Dark Arts were involved.
This was not hard to understand. In that turbulent era when dark wizards ran rampant, the boundaries between justice and evil were starkly defined. Pushed by the tides of the times, every wizard was forced to make a choice of allegiance. To maximize their own interests, most pure-blood families unhesitatingly crowded around the "new king," transforming into Death Eaters in a bid to secure a more prosperous future for their lineage in this power struggle.
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