Hermione's Granger's life has always been a series of meticulously planned out choices leading her towards the one thing she wants the most: success. She attended the prestigious Hawthorn Academy for government training and landed her dream job as a criminal investigator in the country's capitol city of Ravaina. She lives for high stakes and thrives with responsibility and thrives under pressure. Everything is going her way... ...until she is forced to partner with the one man she truly despises: Draco Malfoy. They don't get along. Draco is from a different world of wealth and privilege and his arrogance drives Hermione to madness. He doesn't fit in her plans and she refuses to make room for him in her success story. Forced to work together on a case, the two realize that their stories are much more entangled than they expected. Coincidences are revealed to be carefully laid traps and Hermione's reality of rules and logical order crumbles away, leaving confusion and the fear that true justice doesn't exist at all. She's forced to trust Draco, whether she wants to or not. But perhaps he's the one she should fear the most of all.