When the Selection begins, it promises opportunity, unity, and love, just as it always has. Thirty-five girls arrive at the palace, the cameras turn on, and the country watches. But some truths enter the process earlier than they are meant to. This story follows the canon events of The Selection series while shifting the timing of key revelations.
Five witches and wizards. One ultimatum. The villa is glamorous, sun-soaked, and full of tension, but behind its walls, relationships are about to be tested like never before. You enter as an outsider in a circle of high-stakes love, navigating powerful connections with Cedric Diggory, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Fred Weasley, Oliver Wood, and the women they care about, or think they do. Who will stay? Who will leave? And who will survive the ultimate test of the heart?
Cedric Diggory thought he’d left her behind after the Tournament. He was wrong. Cedric Diggory survived the Triwizard Tournament and returned to Hogwarts for his final year expecting life to finally settle down. Then the Beauxbatons student he met during the Tournament comes back to Hogwarts, not as a visitor, but as a teacher. And suddenly the girl he never let himself want is standing at the front of his classroom.
“Thirty-five witches. One ancient tradition.” Britain has already decided who Cedric Diggory will marry. They assume it will be Y/N. Daughter of one of the oldest magical dynasties in the world. A prodigy. A political dream. The witch every newspaper has quietly crowned Britain’s future before The Binding has even begun. They couldn’t be more wrong. The Binding, an ancient magical tradition where thirty-five witches compete for the hand of Britain’s most eligible wizard, was never supposed to be about love. It was supposed to unite a nation. But as Hogwarts gossip, Ministry politics, and generations of impossible expectations collide, Cedric and Y/N begin to realize the one thing neither of them has ever truly had… …is the freedom to choose. (The Selection by Kiera Cass brought to the Harry Potter world, because Cedric and Maxon are just superior)
You were promised to Draco Malfoy before you ever knew his name. In a wizarding world ruled by ancient houses and political alliances, your betrothal was sealed in childhood an international union meant to strengthen power, not hearts. As rival families scheme and the court watches your every move, you and Draco must play the roles assigned to you. Publicly united. Politically flawless. And dangerously close to falling in love.
