After being adopted by a noble family and sent to war in place of their true children, you spent five years fighting on the front lines as one of the kingdom’s most powerful mages. Now the war is over, and you’ve returned home a hero. At a royal celebration, you come face to face with someone from your past—the cold northern duke’s heir who fought beside you through the worst of the war.
Draco’s engagement was never openly discussed. The arrangement had been kept quiet for years, meant to stay hidden until he was older — until the girl promised to him could stand beside him publicly as his future wife. So when she appeared at Hogwarts without warning, without so much as a letter to prepare him, Draco was completely blindsided.