After experiencing the terrors and tragedies of war, and hiding away in the muggle world, Hermione Granger is forced to find her way back into the wizarding world. With the aid of an unlikely individual, it is unclear what her future will hold.

Sequel to In the dark. Hermione could not get him out of her mind or her soul. Lucius Malfoy was always in her thoughts.

It's been two years since the war's end. And Ron and Hermione are still together happy as can be. Just as everyone had said. They're happy together... Aren't they? Then, from the person she least expected to see again, a seed of doubt is planted. She loves Ron but she is not in love with him. The seed grows to a forbidden love of such magnitude she could never have imagined.

Someone makes an attempt on Hermione's life and Harry takes on the case. He turns to Lucius Malfoy for help, but a Malfoy under the Ministry's thumb is still a dangerous man. And just what are his intentions towards Hermione?