XXVI. Closed

Daphne can still remember the day her father left home for good. There were none of the usual arguments, none of the screaming and shouting that usually accompanied one parent or the other disappearing for what was left of the summer – just a dull silence and a sudden slam as he closed to door behind him one last time.

Her mother hadn't said anything about it, just put on a brave face and carried on as normal. The whole world knew that her husband had run off with a Veela after nearly twenty years of marriage, but that didn't mean the whole world would get to know how she felt about it.

Daphne Greengrass was fourteen years old when she made up her mind that she would never trust a man with her heart. The flaw in her plan? Blaise Zabini.