After the grisly events of her fifth year, Merissa has a plan for success: less partying, more studying and most importantly, staying far away from a certain Slytherin prefect. Certain she can not meddle and keep her sanity, she quickly realizes keeping secrets is a more difficult habit to break.

Merissa Thorpe's life has never been easy, but it has always been at least predictable. She could expect her brother to be snobbish, her parents angry and her boyfriend overbearing. All of this changes when the tumultuous presence of Tom Riddle makes residence in her world.