A Flawless Matrimony

by Emerald Essence

It's seven years since The Battle Of The Dark Lord and Hermione is broken. With nobody and no-one, she decides to solve her problems with an arranged marriage... but will she be able to love her husband and confront her past? A HGDM romance.

1. Prologue

A Flawless Matrimony

"Marriage is two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one". -- Fredrich Halm

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Prologue

"They're dead!"

"Ron and Harry.... they're dead!"

"She says Lord Voldemort's gone... that they died to save us. But she must be a coward. After all, she's the only one who didn't sacrifice herself..."

"But how can they be dead? They can't be! They just can't be!"

Ginny wiped away her tears, her eyes full of bitterness. "They should still be alive. Why did it have to be the two people I cared most about in the whole entire world? Why couldn't someone else have- why couldn't she have died instead...."