When Professor Lucinda Flint arrives at Hogwarts to assume the long-vacant position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the castle feels the shift instantly. Elegant, brilliant, and descended from the prestigious Malfoy and Flint bloodlines, Lucinda carries herself with quiet power—an aura sharpened by years of working abroad with the Ministry’s most secretive curse-breaking divisions. At only thirty-three, she is already a figure of mystery and admiration, her snow-white hair streaked with natural black marking her as unmistakably unique. Married to Senator Septimus Flint, the influential Vice Minister of Magic, she seems untouchable, unreachable—someone destined for a world of politics and legacy.