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Harry Potter is dead. In the aftermath of the war, in order to strengthen the might of the magical world, Voldemort enacts a repopulation effort. Hermione Granger has an Order secret, lost but hidden in her mind, so she is sent as an enslaved surrogate to the High Reeve until her mind can be cracked.

Illustrated by Avendell.

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Hannah Williams

“In a few years, you may get that world you wanted. That—I can try to give you.”

“You always said you couldn't choose me over everyone else. I'm chained to a sinking ship. You cannot expect me to take you with me.”

i v e t t e 

Having a sense of time once again was vaguely unsettling. The steady ticking of the clock constantly caught her attention. A continuous grating sound. If she let herself listen to it for long, it made her fingers begin to spasm with each click of the gears.

it’s within the details. somebody sedate me, quickly. 

His cold, pale eyes slid over her as though he were taking note of every detail about her. Something flickered in them when he noticed her hands spasming. It vanished quickly into unwavering, attentive coldness.

“I find your mere existence within my manor offensive.” “The feeling is decidedly mutual,” She said with a dry voice. 

“Perhaps you can start by seducing me,” he advised drolly, leaning back in his chair and looking her up and down. “Steal my heart with your wit and charms.” Hermione rolled her eyes.

She had never felt so unmotivated. Existing seemed like such a unfair demand.

 "You can't bear being alone. You don't know how to function. You need someone to love; you'll do anything for the people that let you love them. That was what the war was for you, wasn't it? You wanted to fight, but you were smart enough to know another foolhardy, seventeen-year-old duelist wasn't going to change the outcome of the war—not the way a healer could. I don't imagine any of your friends ever appreciated that, did they? That the choice was a sacrifice for you."

Not much value or glory for healers—not like fighters.

“Self-taught, then?”  “I had a book,” she said stiffly. He gave a barking laugh. “Of course.”

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