The Space Between Words

They fought on opposite sides of a war. Now, they're sharing a common room.

Returning to a rebuilt Hogwarts for a mandatory "Eighth Year," Hermione Granger finds her world in pieces. Her parents are lost, her friends are fractured, and the boy she trusted has betrayed her. The final insult? Being named Head Girl, only to find her partner is Draco Malfoy, the boy who watched her be tortured in his own home.

For Draco, this year is not about redemption-it's about survival. With his father in Azkaban and his family's legacy in ruins, Hogwarts is his gilded cage. Forced into proximity with the one person who represents everything he was taught to despise, Draco and Hermione are tasked with leading a student body shattered by battle.

Amidst enforced therapy sessions and simmering old hatreds, a grudging truce forms in the late-night silence of the library. But as Hermione's desperate search for her parents leads her down a path of dangerous, dark magic, she is forced to rely on the one person who understands the cost of survival. And Draco finds that the brilliant, infuriating witch he was supposed to hate might be the only one who can offer him a chance at freedom.

In a world learning to heal, they are each other's most painful reminder of the past-and their only hope for a future.

World and Characters by J.K.Rowling