Hermione just wanted to mail her Christmas cards. What she wasn't expecting was abduction and a bizarre evening of introspection and confession with the enemy on the night before Christmas.

Five years after the end of Voldemort and Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is out of Azkaban and is a shell of his former self. Hermione Granger is doing her best, but she has demons of her own to deal with.

She wonders if she could love Draco like she does, if they were both on the same side. In the meantime, the war continues and part of her is glad.