A mission gone wrong leaves her, Theodore Nott, Draco Malfoy, Mattheo Riddle, Lorenzo Berkshire, and Marvolo Riddle stranded deep within an enchanted forest with no way home. Forced to take shelter in an abandoned cottage as winter closes in, six Slytherins must learn to survive together despite clashing tempers, old grudges, and the forest’s unpredictable magic. But as weeks turn into months, the cottage becomes a home, the forest becomes familiar, and the six of them become something dangerously close to a family. Bonds form, feelings grow, and the lines between necessity and affection blur. When rescue finally seems possible, they’re forced to face the truth they never expected: leaving might mean losing the only place, and the only people, who ever felt like home.