LH

In the wake of her parents’ deaths, Gryffindor seventh-year Circe Pierce is trying to survive grief, a strained home life, and a war creeping ever closer to Hogwarts. The last person she expects to find solace in is James Potter—arrogant, popular, and hopelessly devoted to Lily Evans. What begins as a chance encounter after one of James’s many rejections slowly grows into something neither of them can quite define. Bound by a dangerous secret involving Regulus Black and the growing darkness beyond Hogwarts, the two find themselves becoming each other’s refuge in a world that feels increasingly uncertain. As friendships are tested, loyalties divided, and the future looms closer than ever, Circe and James must navigate the fragile space between friendship and something more—before the war changes everything.