Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

"Tut, Tut Granger, that's Mr Malfoy to you." Hermione couldn't handle the fame that came with being apart of the Golden Trio. Instead, she slipped away into the Muggle world with a new job, leaving her past behind her. Only, she never seemed to be able to run from her past for long. Hermione is faced with a choice; remain the good, strong Golden Girl she was admired for or hand over complete control to her worst nightmare; Draco Malfoy. The only problem was, it was hard to say no to Malfoy when he was her new boss.