Hermione's asked to be liaison for a surprising Order spy, and must learn put their past behind them. When shes captured by Voldemort everything changes, and soon she's living in the grey area between good and bad as she fights to return to the Order. She wonders, when you've gone to the darkest areas of your soul, is there any coming back? Does she want to come back?

Hermione's world was filled with pain and suffering. Certainly more than any child should have to go through. Everything changed the day two men came knocking at her parent's door. Will Hermione finally be able to have a life without horror, or will it only get worse? AU DM/HG, other couples.

He grabbed her wrist with his left hand and pinned it above her head, pressing their forearms together, Dark Mark against Mudblood scar. Death Eater against Muggle-born. "The war left scars on both of us that we didn't ask for. But you still flinch when you see mine. And what's why I will never deserve to have you." Slow-burn Dramione. Canon compliant. EWE.

Hermione Granger's life is forever changed one night by an innocuous spell and a timely Professor. KindaPureblood!Hermione and Not Quite a Marriage Law. I just could't get my tropes right. Either way, the resident Know-It-All and the Bat of the Dungeon collide in this AU, SS/HG story about what happens when you're related to the Dark Lord. Cover art by Freya Ishtar.