It’s the summer before final year at Hogwarts, and Aly Bellerose has no intention of spending it quietly. With the castle miles away and their families distracted, she and her Slytherin circle spend their nights at sprawling estates and hidden lake houses—firewhiskey flowing, music shaking the wards, rules dissolving by morning. They’re rich, reckless, and convinced nothing can touch them. But beneath the parties and poor decisions, pressure lingers—pureblood expectations, whispered alliances,