Returning for their final year after the war, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy are forced back into the same castle—and into the same orbit. Haunted, guarded, and hiding more than anyone knows, they clash instantly. But as academic partners, late-night tensions, and shared secrets expose the cracks beneath their masks, their rivalry twists into something neither of them is prepared to face. In a year full of healing, danger, and desire, they might be each other’s undoing.