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.

Boys, school, war, and falling in love with a professor? Sounds like a challenge for the average person, but not for Hermione Granger who takes what she wants, as soon as she knows she wants it that is, and is relentless in her courage to see it through.

How long can she keep it hidden? As things start unraveling around her, can Hermione keep the biggest secret of all? Will Sirius prove to be the man she thought he was? Drama filled fic, lots of emotion... Sirius/Hermione fans will love it! Read & Review.

Snape yearns for peace in death, but the cosmos has other plans. When he finds himself in the center of a celestial wager, will he decide that love leads to freedom, or will he reject love in favor of solitude?