The Boy Who Stayed
At Hogwarts, seventh year is supposed to be about passing NEWTs and surviving adulthood.
For Eliot Huang, heir to one of China's most powerful magical clans, it's a chance to escape a future already chosen for him. For Kipuka Qiu, it's another year spent hopelessly trying not to love his best friend. For Ocean Jiang, it's one last opportunity to stop caring too much. And for Seeky Li, it's a year devoted entirely to knowledge-not feelings.
Then the Ministry announces a new program: mandatory magical partnerships.
Suddenly, old friendships, buried feelings, and dangerous loyalties are impossible to ignore.
Before the war. Before the storm.
There was just Hogwarts-and four boys who had no idea they were about to change each other's lives forever.