The Serpent and the Oleander

Lucinda Oleander and Draco Malfoy have been inseparable since childhood.

Raised among the old pure-blood families, they spent their summers exploring hidden gardens, exchanging secrets beneath starlit skies, and promising that no matter what happened, they would always choose each other.

Then Hogwarts happened.

As the years passed, the castle became a battlefield long before the war ever reached its walls. House rivalries, family expectations, and the darkness gathering around Draco slowly drove a wedge between them. By 1997, the boy Lucinda once knew is disappearing behind cold grey eyes and dangerous secrets, carrying the burden of a task that could destroy him.

While Death Eaters rise and the wizarding world crumbles, Draco finds himself trapped between loyalty and love.

But love was never meant to survive a war.

As Hogwarts falls into chaos during its darkest year, Draco must decide whether to fight for the girl he's loved his entire life-or let himself become the monster everyone believes him to be.

Because some promises are stronger than blood.

And some heartbreaks were written long before either of them learned how to cast a spell.