Severus x Hermione. Part 1: Hermione goes back to Hogwarts to continue her education and obtain her NEWTs. There she begins private lessons with re-instated potions professor, Severus Snape, who seems to have changed a lot since the Battle of Hogwarts. Between them begins a surprising relationship that neither expected. Part 2: Hermione after she graduates.

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.

Caught in the Potions classroom when Snape returns from a dangerous Death Eater meeting, Hermione is terrified until she sees he's wounded and in need of her help. Knowing she should leave before he realises her crush, but unable when he needs her, Hermione patches him up and is only too happy to show him how grateful she is for all he sacrifices.