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You and Theodore Nott have spent years making each other miserable. Different Ministry branches. Competing investigations. Constant arguments. One old professional betrayal neither of you has ever forgiven. Now you’ve been forced onto the same case. Long nights. Shared safe houses. Too much adrenaline. Nowhere to go when the fighting starts. Theo thinks you’re reckless, stubborn, and impossible to manage. You think he’s arrogant, controlling, and far too pleased with himself. Unfortunately, you’re also very good together. Professionally. Mostly. Then one argument goes too far. One terrible decision turns into another. And suddenly the person you hate most is also the person you keep ending up in bed with. Neither of you calls it a relationship. Neither of you wants feelings. You still argue in meetings. Still insult each other afterward. Still insist this changes nothing. Until jealousy starts showing up where it has no right to be. Until concern starts sounding less like annoyance. Until one of you says something cruel—and for the first time, it actually hurts. You learned how to get under each other’s skin years ago. Now you have to decide what happens when you start getting past each other’s defenses too.