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It began with whispers. Strange occurrences in the far corners of the world. The dead, once gone, were said to be returning. A few at first-people who had long since passed, rising from the grave, with no memory of their deaths, but with an eerie aura of control that hung about them.
A dark wizard had uncovered an ancient and forbidden form of magic.
Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, had fought the darkest forces once before. He had defeated Voldemort and saved the wizarding world. But the battle was far from over.
Now, he was gone-taken from his family, his friends, and his children. His sacrifice had been a noble one, but in the end, he had paid the price with his life. Or so everyone had thought.
The truth was far darker.
Harry Potter, like so many others, was among those resurrected-but not as the man he once was. His soul, trapped in the wedding ring he had shared with his wife, Ginny, had been taken by a new enemy: Darvok, a wizard whose name had never been spoken before. A man consumed by power and control, determined to use Harry and others like him as pawns in his twisted plan for domination.
Ginny Potter, along with her family, friends, and allies, would have to face this new threat. They would search for the objects that bound their loved ones to this dark magic, hoping to free them before it was too late. But they would not be alone. The wizarding world, though fractured, would come together once again, to fight the shadows that threatened to swallow them whole.
And at the heart of it all, the question remained: Could they bring back their loved ones? Or would they lose them forever?
Only time would tell.
And it all began with a family torn apart, a battle against an ancient evil, and a fight for the future.
08/03/25
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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