Not all chapters can be full of action and intrigue. There have to be these types to make a story flow. It's all good.
While I said before that you have some spelling and usage issues, one really struck me in this chapter and that is the incorrect use of "epithet." That word means "defamatory word or phrase." Fleur's ability to read emotions makes her an EMPATH, which is the word you were thinking of.
The black ring around Fleur's finger is a foreshadowing of what's going to happen between them, as is the dream she can't remember. It kind of reminds me of Arwen's vision of a little boy and Aragorn as the Elves left Rivendell.
The black mark represents a marriage and the dream, a family. The unseen man is Harry...but there's going to be much tribulation before any of that becomes reality. Yes, this is was certainly a necessary chapter and it wasn't boring. GOOD JOB!
SD