Magic was the last thing Aleš Kovař believed in - until it became the only thing keeping him alive.
In 1970s communist Czechoslovakia, sixteen-year-old Aleš is spiraling. With a cop father obsessed with control, a house full of silence and bruises, and a country where freedom doesn't exist, he's just trying to survive. But strange things keep happening when he's angry - exploding objects, flickering lights, and windows that rattle when no one's around.
He's not cursed. He's magical.
And someone out there is watching.
Dragged from the underground world of smokes, stolen vodka, and blackout nights, Aleš ends up at a school he's never heard of - Hogwarts - where students whisper in hallways, wands flick like weapons, and one boy in particular seems to see through all his walls.
⚠️ A dark coming-of-age story, slow-burn forbidden romance, and a magical mystery unraveling in shadows. Set in the Marauders era.
TW: abuse, trauma, alcohol/smoking, internalized homophobia, dissociation, emotional instability, mental health struggles
You knew that being a nanny entailed the possibility of dealing with spoiled children, but this? It's a lot more than you signed up for.
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