At the behest of Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape is forced to commit a deplorable act against one who should have been under his protection. Bound by Dark Magic, he and Hermione Granger must learn to trust one another and themselves as they work together to thwart the dark plots surrounding them.

Nearly seven years have passed since the War was won. In that time, Hermione Granger managed to overcome grief and hardship in order to build a life in which she felt comfortable and relatively content. A snowy night in February, however, will show her that she ought never to have given up hope on having what she thought had been lost to her forever.