Midnight Series #1 Is being smart a blessing. . . or a curse? Sera's life feels like a game- quiet, calculated, and always a step ahead. Like a chessboard laid out before her, where she moves as the queen and others exist merely as pieces. She's an independent woman. She doesn't need anyone. She knows her boundaries. She knows her worth. Or at least, that's what she believes. Then she meets a man who was the complete opposite of her. A man who doesn't plan ten steps ahead, only the next day. Someone who wakes up just to survive. A pawn, trapped in the same game she thought she had already mastered. She was never meant to fall. Yet somehow... she already does. -Sarvanta

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐧, 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐧 (𝐨𝐜) 𝐓𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)