Hogwarts, Eighth Year. The war is over, but the battle between Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy is far from finished. Forced to work together on rebuilding the school, their mutual loathing turns into something far more dangerous: tension. Resentment. Unspoken things lingering between them.
Draco, still dealing with the fallout of his past, should have been indifferent to Granger's life. And yet, he watches-watches as her relationship with Ron crumbles, watches as she tries to hold it all together, watches as she pretends not to notice when their hands brush over cauldrons in Potions.
One night, an argument ignites something neither of them can take back. A kiss, sharp as a knife. A mistake, Hermione insists. But Draco? Draco knows better.
As jealousy, pride, and desire entangle them in a game of push and pull, Hermione fights to keep her world in order. Draco is ready to burn his down for her. But with the weight of their pasts, house rivalry, and the entire school watching, will they collide-or will they crumble?
Draco Malfoy, five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, has built a life for himself. He runs a successful business in Diagon Alley and keeps to himself, trying to prove to himself and others that he's not the person he once was. But that all changes when he unearths a few ancient secrets deep within Gringott's vaults. He needs help, and he knows that Hermione is the only one that could handle the problems he needs to solve.
It's five years after the Battle of Hogwarts and Hermione Granger is doing just fine. She's settled down, found a quiet job, and has started to move past the trauma of the past 12 years. That is, until Draco shows up uninvited at her office door with foreboding news. They journey across the continent hoping to extinguish a certain form of dark magic from human memory. But can they set aside their pride and work as a team? Join Draco and Hermione as they learn that perhaps they were both wrong about each other, and discover that maybe they aren't so different.