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Hermione Granger thought she had checked all the boxes for a "Happily Ever After": a dream job teaching at Hogwarts, a peaceful post-war existence, and a loving boyfriend in Ron Weasley.
But the reality is far messier. Ron is growing distant and dismissive, and peace turns out to be suffocating. When Hermione realizes the wizard she truly desires is the sour, brilliant man in the dungeons, she decides to take drastic action.
Enlisting the help of the most unlikely ally imaginable—Lucius Malfoy—Hermione stages a scandal designed to spark Severus Snape’s jealousy. But the scheme works too well. Instead of just igniting passion, they ignite an ancient, mysterious magic within the castle walls—waking a darkness that has been sleeping for centuries.