To Buy a Living Star

A life reclaimed. A future rewritten.

After a quiet death in a Colorado hospital, a woman awakens to a second chance as Layla Céleste Zéroual-Black, the daughter of a living, fugitive Regulus Black. Settled in the sun-drenched sanctuary of Alexandria, Egypt, the family has severed all ties to the dangerous politics of the British wizarding world, living as "ghosts" to avoid the reach of the Dark Lord.

But Layla is no ordinary child. Retaining her adult consciousness and the terrifying knowledge of the true Harry Potter world, she knows that their fragile peace is merely a ticking clock. As she secretly masters ancient, wandless elemental magic under the tutelage of her grandfather and navigates the unstable loyalty of their "crazy uncle," Barty Crouch Jr., Layla realizes that hiding is not enough. To protect the family she has come to love, she must prepare to emerge from the shadows and tear the established script of the war to pieces.

Would you like to explore how Layla plans to manipulate specific future events, or would you prefer to focus on the development of her secret magical abilities?