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Expelled from Hogwarts for using dark magic as a last resort, Hermione goes to the only place that will take someone tainted by the shadow; Durmstrang, where knowledge is a blade, obedience is a ritual, and survival is a quiet, daily act of defiance. Enthralled by the intimate violence of the Dark Arts more than she cares to admit to herself, Hermione must learn the architecture of power all over again.
Then Draco Malfoy arrives, carrying a darkness that surpasses even Durmstrang's propensity for cruelty. Draco is hiding something. Something that festers in the space between the boy he was and the cruel stranger he has become. She tells herself she needs the truth to stay safe. But the truth feels perilously close to obsession.
As storms gather over the fjord and secrets fester in the stone, Hermione must choose who she intends to become in a place where the line between student and monster blurs with every lesson. Durmstrang can break her, or it can remake her, but it will not leave her untouched.