Elowen Marsh is the new fifth-year nobody can quite explain. quiet, clever, and far more dangerous in a duel than she should be. Carrying a secret past she doesn't even understands. To Sebastian Sallow, she is the only person who can keep up with him. They become friends first, sharp tongues, steady wands, reckless in the same direction, and bound by a loyalty Sebastian never names aloud. But one Unforgivable Curse leaves a visible scar on Elowen's skin, and their friendship changes forever A SLOW-BURN, Friends to lover trope. Coming of age with canon-faithful storyline and characters.