Hermione Granger returns to Hogwarts for her eighth year expecting a normal school year, but a new Wizarding Marriage Law is passed, forcing her to marry Draco Malfoy, her childhood bully and former Death Eater. For Hermione, this arrangement feels like a cruel twist of fate. Burdened with uncertinty and a deep-rooted past, she enters into a loveless union with Malfoy, expecting nothing but misery. However, as the days pass and they are forced to coexist, Hermione discovers that the man she once despised might have more to him than she initially believed.