Hogwarts is changing. The air feels heavier. The walls are listening. And in the quiet corners of the dungeons, even the Slytherins are starting to feel the cracks. Flora D'Avenier has always done what was expected - elegant, restrained, pureblood-perfect. But beneath the surface runs something ancient: a pulse of ancient nature magic that answers when the world is in pain. Verdamancy. A gift that was built on her family's name... and one the Dark Lord would kill to control. When Dolores Umbridge takes over, alliances shift and loyalties fracture. Flora finds herself walking a dangerous line between what her family expectations demands and what her heart whispers. And then there's Draco Malfoy - proud, bitter, already in too deep. They're not supposed to see each other like this. They're not supposed to care. But the harder they try to stay apart, the more the world seems to pull them together. As the shadows rise and Hogwarts begins to turn on itself, Flora learns that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is grow - even where nothing else can survive.
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