AL

Everyone thinks Y/N is dead. The Ministry said so. There was evidence. There were photographs. There was a funeral. And for a year, everyone believed it. Cassian Black most of all. Except Y/N isn’t dead. They've been alive the entire time—held captive by the one man capable of making Voldemort look harmless. And escaping isn’t an option when their father’s threat is simple: Run, and Cassian dies. So they watch from the shadows as the people they love slowly become strangers. Lorenzo stopped laughing. Pansy stopped trusting. Theo went cold. Blaise stopped caring. Mattheo became dangerous. Regulus and Archer hardened. Draco changed. Daphne and Astoria learned how to hide their grief. Adrian became paranoid. Julien became ruthless. Millicent became fiercely protective. Quinn disappeared behind a wall of silence. And Cassian? Cassian broke. Then, one year after Y/N’s “death,” the Ministry makes one mistake. They kept something they shouldn’t have. A piece of jewelry that can’t be removed by magic. Something only Y/N—or a member of their family—could have taken off. Suddenly, the dead person isn’t so dead. And their friends aren’t grieving anymore. They’re hunting. Because if Y/N is alive, they’ll tear apart the entire wizarding world to find them. Even if the monster waiting for them is worse than Voldemort ever was. Everyone thought the story ended with Y/N’s death. They were wrong.