To Wear The Serpents Mask

At Hogwarts, masks are easy to wear. Some hide behind bloodlines, others behind duty. Estella Wren Cardwell hides behind sharp words and unshakable loyalty. Calix Rosier hides behind the weight of a legacy he never asked for.

When fate forces them into each other's paths-first on the dance floor, then in the shadows of a war brewing beneath their feet-Estella refuses to trust him. Calix refuses to let her see the cracks forming in his carefully built façade.

But secrets have a way of unraveling, and the deeper Estella digs, the more she realizes that Calix is standing on the edge of something dangerous. He is searching for an artifact tied to Voldemort's power, and she is determined to stop him-even if it means breaking both of their hearts in the process.

As the last of the Death Eaters make their final move, Calix is faced with an impossible choice: betray everything he has ever known or lose the only person who ever made him want to be something more.

When the dust settles, his name is missing from the list of the dead. No body. No trace.

Only a single Polaroid left behind in the Room of Old Photographs-a picture of them at the Yule Ball.

And on the back, one last message..