Next to me
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Last published Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Hogwarts has seen many Defense Against the Dark Arts professors come and go. But when Professor Emma Goldmark joins the staff, she is nothing like Severus Snape expected-young, sharp-witted, and entirely too defiant for his liking. From their very first meeting, tension crackles between them, a battle of intellect and will.
Between whispered confessions, stolen moments, and a war looming on the horizon, they are bound together by something neither of them can name. But in a world where trust is a rare commodity and every choice comes with a price, will they risk everything for what lies between them?
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