What Burns Beneath // Fred Weasley

Cassiopeia Malfoy has always been more than her name. Brilliant, sharp-tongued, and burdened with a past she doesn't yet understand, she has fought to carve out her own place within the shadows of Hogwarts and the war beyond its walls.

Fred Weasley wasn't supposed to care. She was supposed to be his mission-a way to prove to the Order of the Phoenix that he could be more than a child, more than a joke. But somewhere between whispered secrets and stolen smiles, pretending became the most dangerous thing of all.

Now, as the war tightens its grip, Cassiopeia begins to unravel the truth: about her bloodline, about the Order's silence, and about the boy who swore he loved her. Beneath every smile and promise lies fire-and once it burns through, nothing will ever be the same.

Some flames warm. Others destroy. She'll have to decide which kind he is.