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Eight years after the war, Hermione Granger has rebuilt her life. She has carved out a career, raised her six-month-old daughter, Rose, and endured the grief of losing Ron Weasley, who was murdered by rogue Death Eaters before ever meeting his child.
When the Muggle-Born Protection Act is proposed—an insidious law that would strip Muggle-borns of their autonomy by assigning them a pureblood guardian—Hermione’s name becomes the centerpiece of a political debate she never agreed to be a part of.
The last person she expects to offer a solution is Narcissa Malfoy.
Poised and deliberate, Narcissa proposes a bargain: if Hermione agrees to marry Draco Malfoy, she will be exempt from the law, her status as a pureblood’s wife making her untouchable in the eyes of the Ministry. In return, the Malfoy family—still tainted by its past loyalties—will gain the one thing it cannot buy: social redemption.
Hermione and Draco must navigate a world where alliances are never simple, and where trust is as fragile as the paper their marriage contract is written on.But some things cannot be kept on paper.
And gold is not always the most valuable thing in a bargain.