Harry Potter is dead. Hermione finds herself taken prisoner at Malfoy Manor- only this time, the young heir could not stand by and do nothing. Acting on impulse, Draco hides Hermione within the manor. Keeping her as his secret, he struggles to find a way to help her escape without getting them both killed, and she plots to find a a way to take down the death eaters from within.

The eighth-year students would return to Hogwarts in a week. Hermione had spent the summer researching a way to restore her parents' memories. She discovered a spell to release suppressed magic, but when she did a trial run on herself, a different kind of magic emerged. What was coming, she had no idea, but she knew she couldn't survive alone. A/B/O.