Marie Bosse needs to get away from France. The Dark Lord is becoming more influential in the french magical community, and even if it breaks her heart she can't stay in her homeland, not when his followers want her family's support. So the girl has to go to a place that, according to her parents, is the most secure in the world, Hogwarts.

Abraxas Malfoy was once one of the great Knight of Walpurgis, but after betraying his master he has been living in borrowed time. His wife and son are in as much danger as himself and know it is time to pay the price for his choices.