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At Hogwarts, Mars Hawthorne and Draco Malfoy find a love they never expected-quiet, fierce, and impossible to forget. For a while, they believe that love might be enough to defy the expectations placed upon them. But as the war's shadows grow darker, family loyalty and pure-blood traditions tighten their grip.
When Draco is forced into an arranged marriage with Astoria Greengrass, his future is decided for him. Yet Astoria carries a heartbreak of her own, her heart belonging to Astrea, the girl she can never openly choose. Bound by duty rather than love, Draco and Astoria become unwilling players in a life neither of them wanted.
A story of doomed first loves, impossible choices, and the painful realization that sometimes loving someone deeply does not mean you get to keep them. Mars and Draco, Astoria and Astrea-four hearts trapped between devotion and destiny, haunted by the lives they could have had.