Chapter Summaries

After Wizet helped subdue the Gambino Family’s dark wizards, Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards searched and gathered the captives for interrogation. The No-Maj family members were left terrified by Wizet’s magic and wondered how powerful Albus Dumbledore must be.

• Paul Smith recognized one of the captured dark wizards as a Haitian smuggler who had joined the Gambino Family.
• Paul Smith confirmed that the Gambino Family was a New York Mafia family recruiting dark wizards after the Paris Region Incident.
• Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards discovered their counter-spells could not free the captives because Wizet controlled them.
• Paul Smith ordered the Hit Wizards to remove the captives’ belongings and gather them for Wizet to release and interrogate.
• The No-Maj family members feared Wizet’s magic and wondered how terrifying Albus Dumbledore must be.

Wizet used Ancient Magic to summon the attackers who had fled, and Paul Smith’s team restrained them and began interrogating the captured families. The questioning revealed that a man called William, known as Engineer, supplied the rockets, while the investigation continued.

• Wizet finished recording his ideas for improving the magic that deflected bullets while Paul Smith and the others searched the manor and gathered its occupants.
• Wizet used Ancient Magic to summon the fleeing attackers back to the manor, where they crashed before Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards.
• Paul Smith and the others cast the Full Body-Bind Curse on the returned attackers, and Wizet told them he had removed the magic binding the dark wizards.
• Wizet assured Paul Smith that anyone overlooked could still be summoned back, leaving most of the No-Majs and dark wizards to abandon hope of escape.
• Paul Smith and the others interrogated the captives, learning that a man called William, known as Engineer, handled equipment and supplied the rockets through goblins.

Jimmy, Brian, Will, Jerry, and Paul Smith investigated the mismatched accounts surrounding the attack and deduced that an unseen leader had coordinated it before escaping. They looked for Wizet to ask whether his magic could help identify the person, but he was nowhere to be found.

• Jimmy, Brian, Will, and Jerry compared what they had learned and confirmed that five New York No-Maj mafia groups had participated, though none could reveal who was in charge.
• Paul Smith said he suspected the overall leader had been inside the estate before Wizet opened the door, citing his intuition and the hidden sentries' strange timing.
• Paul Smith and Jimmy reasoned that the hidden sentries had waited because they lacked orders, then attacked only after their companions were defeated and their leader had escaped.
• Will suggested asking Wizet to use his magic to find the leader, but the group realized Wizet was missing.
• Jimmy suggested searching the study for Wizet, and asked Paul Smith whether he knew where it was.

Joseph Bonanno sent Mrs. Appaloosa and Rhodes Appaloosa to a hidden safe house as his men prepared to destroy their previous location. There, Mrs. Appaloosa realized that a moving Chocolate Frog card had revealed the identity of someone connected to their situation, and she clutched Rhodes as he asked who it was.

• Profa told Joseph Bonanno that the attack had failed and that one person had defeated the attackers while the five MACUSA wizards stood aside.
• Joseph Bonanno ordered the safe house blown up in ten seconds and had Mrs. Appaloosa and Rhodes Appaloosa take a parchment Portkey with him.
• Mrs. Appaloosa and Rhodes Appaloosa arrived in a secret room protected by Gringotts' Thief's Downfall, and Rhodes vomited before his mother comforted him.
• Rhodes showed Mrs. Appaloosa his Chocolate Frog cards, and she noticed that one was still moving despite the room's protective enchantment.
• Mrs. Appaloosa recognized the person on the card and trembled as Rhodes asked who she meant.

Wizet arrived at the goblin-magic safe house where Joseph Bonanno and Profa were hiding with Mrs. Appaloosa and Rhodes Appaloosa. He disarmed and injured the two men, then mocked Joseph for failing to entertain his guest.

• Mrs. Appaloosa made Rhodes promise to keep the Chocolate Frog card secret and put it away for safekeeping.
• Joseph Bonanno told Profa they would stay in Thief's Downfall and try to contact the outside world, but Profa could not reach any sentries.
• Wizet appeared in the safe house and explained that the goblins had not deceived Joseph about the danger.
• Profa fired at Wizet, and Wizet wounded him; Joseph fired too, but his bullet turned around and struck him.
• Wizet lifted Joseph Bonanno and Profa into the air and taunted Joseph about entertaining his guest.

Wizet held Profa and Joseph Bonanno suspended in the Chamber of Secrets and questioned them about an ambush at the old factory. Joseph denied involvement and tried to win Wizet over, but Wizet ended by asking how much he knew about magic.

• Wizet kept Profa and Joseph Bonanno suspended in midair after shooting them, and Profa’s pain eased when he stopped shouting.
• Joseph Bonanno asked Wizet to identify himself and suggested they could clear up a misunderstanding.
• Wizet asked whether Joseph’s men had ambushed him at the old factory, reassuring Mrs. Appaloosa that he was unlikely to accept Joseph’s overture.
• Joseph denied knowing about the ambush and suggested someone had framed him.
• Wizet asked Joseph how much he knew about the magical world and magic.

Wizet questioned Joseph Bonanno about Veritaserum and Legilimency, then revealed that a Magical Contract could resist both. Joseph realized Wizet had never trusted him and erupted in rage, while Mrs. Appaloosa was relieved that Wizet had seen through him.

• Joseph Bonanno claimed he respected magic and offered to cooperate with Wizet.
• Wizet asked whether Joseph knew about Veritaserum and Legilimency, and Joseph offered to undergo either test.
• Wizet explained that Occlumency could resist Legilimency and then identified a Magical Contract as another way to resist both methods.
• Joseph realized Wizet had been toying with him and shouted insults at him.
• Mrs. Appaloosa felt relieved that Wizet had not been deceived by Joseph Bonanno.

Wizet questioned Mrs. Appaloosa about Joseph Bonanno’s Magical Contract and the plot involving M.S.C., while keeping Bonanno restrained and silenced. After Mrs. Appaloosa revealed everything she knew, Wizet used Legilimency to expose Bonanno’s attempt to conceal the truth.

• Wizet restrained Joseph Bonanno and pressed a magically repaired pistol to his forehead while asking about the Magical Contract.
• Mrs. Appaloosa confirmed that goblins had given Bonanno the contract and helped build the safe house, where Thief’s Downfall suppressed magic.
• Mrs. Appaloosa revealed that Bonanno’s target was M.S.C. leader Remus Lupin and described the mafia involvement and the old factory district plot.
• Wizet silenced Joseph Bonanno when he tried to interrupt Mrs. Appaloosa’s account.
• Wizet recognized Bonanno’s continued cursing as an act and revealed that he had used Legilimency to discover the truth.

Wizet exposed Joseph Bonanno’s hatred as a desire to protect his hallucinogen business from magical pain relief, then used their exchange to investigate the Magical Contract binding Bonanno and his men. The chapter ended with Wizet asking whether Bonanno might trust an inanimate object, after ruling out the Fidelius Charm.

• Wizet used Legilimency to expose Joseph Bonanno’s thoughts and challenged him about his hatred of wizards.
• Joseph Bonanno revealed that he resented magic because it threatened his profits from selling hallucinogens as painkillers.
• Mrs. Appaloosa slapped Joseph Bonanno twice, then returned to her chair with Rhodes Appaloosa.
• Joseph Bonanno threatened to sue Wizet and argued that his Magical Contracts meant Wizet would not kill him.
• Wizet explained that he had been using Legilimency to test his deductions about the Magical Contract and ruled out the Fidelius Charm.
• Wizet asked whether Joseph Bonanno would trust a cold, lifeless object.

Wizet exposed Joseph Bonanno’s fear that Wizet had uncovered the truth about the Magical Contract and explained that closing his eyes could not protect him from Legilimency. Wizet then threatened to curse Joseph, leaving him trembling in terror.

• Wizet deduced that Joseph Bonanno was anxious about the Magical Contract’s object, and Joseph struggled to hide his reaction.
• Wizet told Joseph that he could cast Legilimency without eye contact and offered to explain where Joseph had first revealed a flaw.
• Wizet cast Muffliato, pressed his wand to Joseph’s temple, and described how a professor had cursed a teaching position.
• Joseph realized Wizet was threatening to curse him and protested that Wizet would be caught and arrested.
• Wizet said his connections at MACUSA could protect him and that the curse would be difficult to detect, while Joseph repeatedly demanded to know what he planned to do.

Wizet prepared a curse targeting Joseph Bonanno and the organization he controlled, then began casting Consensus magic on him. As the spell took hold, Wizet sensed that many people had grievances against Bonanno.

• Wizet told Joseph Bonanno that his curse would affect anyone belonging to Bonanno's organization and that leaving it would avoid the curse.
• Wizet said Bonanno and those close to him would face special consequences for benefiting from the organization.
• Wizet revealed that he was the Wizet Bonanno had once described as being pushed to the forefront, and said he had come early to prepare for something important that night.
• Joseph Bonanno begged Wizet to spare him and offered him everything, but Wizet said he still needed to carry out his magical experiment.
• Wizet began casting Consensus magic on Joseph Bonanno and sensed that many people held grievances against him.

Profa decided that survival mattered more than loyalty to his former boss, Joseph Bonanno, but Wizet’s Legilimency left him unable to hide anything. Wizet prepared to take him to the next stop, and Profa admitted that his predicament had resulted from his own choices.

• Profa considered offering Wizet valuable secrets in exchange for protection, then realized Legilimency could expose anything he tried to conceal.
• When the buzzing stopped, Profa insisted he had kept his eyes closed and suggested Mrs. Appaloosa could confirm it.
• Wizet reminded Profa that he and Joseph Bonanno had discussed getting rid of Mrs. Appaloosa, revealing that he knew about their plan.
• Wizet touched Profa’s temple and used Legilimency to access his memories of Joseph Bonanno’s defeat.
• Wizet asked whether Profa would open his eyes before they went to the next stop, and Profa agreed his predicament came from his own choices.

Wizet respected Mrs. Appaloosa’s choice to have her memory erased before the Aurors questioned her. At Appaloosa Estate, Paul Smith and the others prepared to return to MACUSA, wondered what Wizet was doing, and discussed whether he could join MACUSA as an Auror.

• Mrs. Appaloosa asked Wizet to use Obliviate so she would not accidentally reveal anything that could cause him trouble, and he agreed to respect her choice.
• Paul Smith and the other Aurors searched Appaloosa Estate but found no sign of Wizet, then began transferring the family members to MACUSA.
• Will, Jimmy, Jerry, and Brian discussed whether their arrests of the dark wizards would earn them a bonus and joked about keeping some of it for drinks.
• Brian asked Paul Smith whether Wizet might join MACUSA as an Auror, and Paul dismissed the idea.
• Jimmy guessed that Wizet had gone to pursue the real mastermind, while Jerry asked whether the team should wait for him or return to MACUSA.

Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards waited for Wizet while debating how to report their discovery to MACUSA, then Wizet returned with Joseph Bonanno and Profa. He explained that Bonanno could not be interrogated because the Magical Contract was still effective, and revealed that it was centered on weapon power rather than human behavior.

• Paul Smith decided the group would notify MACUSA after half an hour and return to their posts after another hour.
• Paul Smith recalled Wizet's past victories when Jerry asked what enemies had ever troubled him.
• Wizet returned with Joseph Bonanno and Profa, identifying Bonanno as the mastermind behind the two incidents.
• Will confirmed that the restrained family members remained bound by the Magical Contract, and Wizet said Bonanno was protected by it too.
• Wizet asked whether the weapons were still at the site, then explained that Bonanno's Magical Contract was centered on weapon power rather than human behavior.

Wizet explained how goblin-made magical contracts could remain binding despite the family members’ failed missions, because the weapons had not been proved ineffective. The group realized they needed to destroy the weapons to break the contract and obtain a confession from Joseph Bonanno.

• Wizet explained that goblins consider themselves the owners of items they make and interpret contracts according to their own customs.
• Mrs. Appaloosa recalled goblins calling her a thief when they took her family heirlooms back.
• Wizet reasoned that Bonanno had made the weapons central to the contract, so their failure did not void it while they remained intact as evidence.
• Paul Smith realized that the weapons would be sealed and summoned as evidence after the family members were brought to MACUSA.
• Wizet said destroying the weapons would break the contract, and Jimmy looked forward to arresting Bonanno after securing a confession.

Wizet agreed to destroy the weapons as a specially appointed consultant, and Paul Smith formally introduced him to the Hit Wizards as Wizet Lovegood. After the team recovered from learning his identity, Wizet began cutting up the weapons with a Severing Charm.

• Jerry explained that Blasting Curses could destroy evidence needed for later use, so the weapons had to be cut apart instead.
• Wizet asked to handle the destruction, and Paul Smith appointed him as a consultant to protect the procedure from future disputes.
• Paul Smith formally named Wizet Lovegood, revealing his identity to the four Hit Wizards, who were stunned to learn they had worked alongside him.
• Wizet reassured the Hit Wizards that Paul Smith had meant to help him, and they agreed to finish the work before returning to MACUSA.
• Wizet waved his wand and cast Diffindo on the weapon pile, producing a faint, continuous rustling sound.

Wizet used powerful magic to dismantle and compress the weapons, giving Paul Smith evidence that could help break Joseph Bonanno’s Magical Contract. Paul and the Hit Wizards interrogated the suspects, then brought them back to MACUSA, where their arrival stunned the employees.

• Wizet silently cut the weapons into cubes, gathered them into a giant cube, and shrank it into a briefcase.
• Wizet gave the briefcase to Paul Smith, who ordered the Hit Wizards to interrogate the suspects again.
• Engineer told Jimmy that Joseph Bonanno had ordered the weapons modified to fight wizards and demanded the strongest firepower.
• The suspects whose Magical Contracts had been broken accused Joseph Bonanno, while Wizet repaired the damaged manor with Reparo.
• Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards brought the bound suspects into MACUSA, startling employees who noticed that some looked like No-Majs.

Wizet arrived at the MACUSA hall with Paul Smith, Will, and a large group of No-Maj Mafia suspects, while the Magical Exposure Threat Level clock was gone. At the Auror Office, he unexpectedly reunited with Charles Graves, now a trainee Auror.

• Will explained that MACUSA had removed the Magical Exposure Threat Level clock after the Paris Region Incident.
• Paul Smith told Elmer that his squad had brought in many No-Maj Mafia suspects and asked him to expand the interrogation space.
• Will described the Wizard Vede and the Magical World story and asked Wizet about British Auror uniforms and benefits.
• Will introduced Wizet as MACUSA's special consultant to Charles, who recognized him and asked why he had come with the others.
• Wizet greeted Charles Graves and said he might have forgotten about the time difference.

Charles Graves took Wizet’s statement after a major operation brought many dark wizards and mafia members to the MACUSA Auror Office. As Wizet explained the ambush and how he broke Joseph Bonanno’s Goblin Magical Contract, Paul Smith recorded the contract’s unusual basis in the perceived power of weapons.

• Charles Graves recalled how studying at Hogwarts had helped him become the fastest trainee Auror in fifty years to pass Auror training.
• Paul Smith sent another batch of suspects into the Auror Office, and Charles recognized a Haitian dark wizard who had escaped capture before.
• Paul assigned Charles to take Wizet’s statement, and Charles welcomed him into a statement room.
• Wizet described joining Smith’s patrol, the ambush in the old factory district, the anti-flight Ritual Magic array, and the runes on the waiting Acromantulas.
• Wizet explained how he traced the ambush to an Appaloosa Family residence, learned the Averte Telum spell, and determined that Joseph Bonanno’s contract relied on the perceived power of weapons.
• Paul wrote that the contract could be broken by destroying those weapons and linked its goblin logic to the Sword of Gryffindor.

MACUSA President Benjamin Graves and Liam Graves discussed the No-Majs’ unusually quick approval of M.S.C.’s requests and the threat posed by mafia members. Liam then found that Paul Smith’s patrol had arrested more than fifty suspects and appeared to have uncovered a spell that could resist firearms, leaving him eager to hear the full report.

• Benjamin Graves told Liam Graves that the No-Majs had quickly approved M.S.C.’s venue and safety requests, likely making an exception for Wizet Lovegood.
• Benjamin Graves and Liam Graves discussed the need to protect M.S.C. and seek No-Maj help against mafia members, but they lacked concrete intelligence.
• Liam Graves returned to the Auror Office and found that Paul Smith’s patrol had brought in more than fifty Dark Wizards and No-Majs.
• Liam Graves overheard Aurors discussing Joseph Bonanno and a spell that could withstand bullets and rockets without an incantation.
• Liam Graves found Paul Smith writing his report, which was nearly complete.