This story begins where Snape's story ends in canon: In the Shrieking Shack. Severus Snape survives the war - but which Snape? Who is he in the new circumstances? Some things will never be the same again. Other things, however, do not change so easily.

Violet Carroll is ready to put her life back together after a troubling year. But will her feelings for her new Professor get in the way of her progress? And how will she react when she finds out his secret? PA and beyond.