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Five years after the war, Hermione Granger is climbing the Ministry ranks—and rapidly losing faith in the institution she once believed in. Her newest project, a Muggleborn Integration Initiative, is drowning in political resistance… until two unexpected allies step forward: Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
Working with the Malfoys was never part of Hermione’s life plan, but Lucius’s sharp political instincts and Narcissa’s quiet guidance through pure-blood society become invaluable. And somehow, somewhere along the way, they start to feel less like former enemies and more like… family.
Then Draco returns from his self-imposed exile in France—older, steadier, and carrying the unresolved tension of the understanding he and Hermione formed during their final months at Hogwarts. Assigned to her project, he forces Hermione to confront the past he walked away from. Their partnership is supposed to be professional. It doesn’t stay that way.
With rising political stakes, shifting allegiances, and the Malfoys blatantly playing matchmaker, Hermione realizes that unexpected allies can become unexpected everything.
And that slow burns can turn into wildfires.