Thirteen years after graduating from Hogwarts, a former Ravenclaw returns to the castle—not as a student, but as its new Potions professor. She expects quiet halls, professional distance, and the comfort of anonymity. What she doesn’t expect is Draco Malfoy—the boy who was once her first love and the man she hasn’t seen since the night they walked away from each other. Now a widower and newly appointed member of the Hogwarts Board, Draco has spent eleven years raising his son alone, building a