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"I wish it was easier to kiss you on the mouth
Like it is to work hard and earn an honest wage.
You're not always fair to me like I wish you would be.
He's the one who left. I'm the one who stayed." -Penny & Sparrow
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Eight years after the war, Hermione Granger wants nothing more than to start over, beginning with her new job as Potions Master at Hogwarts. She's delighted when McGonagall offers her the job on the spot. The only catch? She needs a peer mentor, and her only option is her former enemy.Eight years after the war, Draco Malfoy wants nothing more than to forget the past. He throws himself into his work and social life, hoping to outlive the infamy he and his family gained in the war and repay an accrued debt. All appears to be on track until a character from his past re-enters his life, dragging up old memories every time she's near.
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09 Dec 2025
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In theory, the task is simple: kill Draco Malfoy. In practice, putting a curse through the Dark Lord's favoured lieutenant will take everything Hermione has―especially since he's trying to kill her, too. Even more so when the lines between them start to blur. Sometimes, the only way out is through.
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06 Aug 2023
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re·gres·sion: return to a former or less developed state
16 years have passed since the Battle of Hogwarts and the Wizarding world has gained some semblance of peace.
Draco Malfoy is no longer the hot-headed boy he was during the war, but has matured and faced his dark past. However, Draco's growth is tested when occult-like murders rock the DMLE and he is asked to return to England to assist in solving them.
Hermione Granger is still haunted by the ghosts of her past. She works for the DMLE as a rune and ward specialist, but she harbors resentment towards the Ministry of Magic for its lack of progress following Voldemort's defeat.
What happens when Draco and Hermione are assigned as partners to solve the murders? Will they be able to place their differences aside and catch the culprit before another Dark Lord emerges?
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13 May 2023
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Hermione Granger is 27 years old when her life falls apart. Cheated-on, flatless, fed up with her job, she decides to change one thing she can--take a class and try for some career advancement. But change is never easy, especially when an old enemy is the catalyst.
And the class instructor.
"Just as the minute hand clicked over to the hour, the doorknob twisted and a figure slipped into the room. He was tall, a bit windblown. Hermione had a general impression of crisp cuffs and polished leather, and then a more specific one of the most beautiful grey coat—highlighting his shoulders and eyes, skimming to just the right place on his knife creased trousers.
His movements were precise and confident.
He was wearing the softest-looking gloves.
He was not Professor Belinda Rowle.
He was Draco bloody Malfoy."Series
- Part 2 of Friends in the City
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31 Jan 2023
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“Blaise said it’s impossible. Because of your Mark,” she said, her voice cracking. She could feel the Dark Magic pulsing underneath her fingertips. Warning her away. “Even you said you can’t be saved.”
“That was before a fucking castle decided it owed you one,” Draco said. He reached up, and his fingers finally touched her, only softly, only barely, by tucking a stray curl behind her ear. She swallowed loudly and moved her face, her nose almost grazing against his but still keeping along the barrier of nothing.
“Do you want to try?” She replied, her breath cracking. The golden thread was buzzing along her skin, searching for a way through the darkness.
“Do you?”
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