Draco Malfoy had always known that summers at Malfoy Manor were anything but ordinary. This year, though, promised to be even stranger. At seventeen, just home from his sixth year at Hogwarts, he had expected a quiet summer of private study, dueling practice, and perhaps a bit of leisure. Instead, as he stepped into the grand entryway of the Malfoy Manor, his parents were waiting, poised and perfectly composed.