Cedrellablack Stories

Tre sorelle. Un solo cognome. Tre modi diversi di sopravvivere al peso del sangue. Nella penombra di Grimmauld Place, le figlie di Arcturus Black II crescono sotto lo stesso stemma, lo stesso motto, la stessa ombra. Callidora Longbottom incarna la tradizione: impeccabile, disciplinata, devota al nome che porta. Cedrella Black sceglie l'amore e paga il prezzo più alto: la cancellazione, il fuoco sull'arazzo, l'esilio. Charis Crouch osserva, calcola, si muove tra le pieghe del potere, consapevole che il mondo magico sta cambiando - e che i Crouch potrebbero trovarsi al centro di quel cambiamento. Attraverso una fitta corrispondenza privata - lettere bruciate, lettere nascoste, lettere mai spedite - Sangue e Cedro racconta ciò che la storia ufficiale non registra: il dolore delle scelte, la colpa del silenzio, la grazia ambigua della sopravvivenza. Perché un nome può essere inciso nell'oro. Ma è nell'inchiostro che si decide chi siamo davvero.

"You will betray your own family for love?" Cedrella looked around, her eyes landing at her name and the wand pointing at it. "If this is what you call a family. I will go for love a hundred times over."

There is a scorch mark on the House of Black Tapestry where Cedrella's face used to be. One might think a powerful passion had motivated Cedrella to leave her family and all she knew behind. That would be a gross inaccuracy. Cedrella and Septimus Weasley did not marry for love, and nor do they expect to find it in each other. Whyever did they marry, then? Strategy. Before the ink has dried, the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black, the increasingly powerful Tuft family, and the Pureblood society led by one Cantakerus Nott demand blood for Cedrella's betrayal. Cedrella loathes the Ministerial Bylaws that place other Wizarding girls in similar danger to that from which she escaped. But old parchment is not easily changed. Meanwhile, evil forces rise under Grindelwald's banner, and Septimus's duties for the Ministry grow ever more dangerous. If they're to survive, they must turn their marriage of strategic convenience into a more effective arrangement. A friendship. A partnership in stealth and strategy. The risks are steep; the gambit bold. The Lumos Universe story of Cedrella and Septimus. *Rated T *Slow Burn *Enemies to Friends to Lovers *1930's & 1940's Wizarding Britain *Wizard Spies. There are wizard spies in this one. *Novel-Length *This story does include allusions to more mature themes that may be difficult for some readers. Content warnings included in relevant chapters. <3 Please be kind to yourself.