[Harry Potter] The Fall of the Kingdom

Madeleine sat by the window, her face sallow in the dusty stained glass light. She wondered: Were all scams sweet enough to make people willingly become their victims?

A short story from years ago.

The title and the heroine's name come from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." The heroine was inspired by Fernanda from One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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