For years, Lily has been the only exception to the cold, closed-off world of the Slytherin elite. Tom Riddle, Mattheo Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, and Theodore Nott are feared by most, trusted by none — but with her, they have always been different. They call it friendship; everyone else sees it as something strange, something unbreakable. Lily is their confidante, their safe space, the only person who never flinches from their ambition or their darker edges.