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In Harry's fifth year, Dumbledore makes a decision that changes everything. Snape will not be teaching him Occlumency. Instead, Draco Malfoy, brilliant, cruel and far too good at slipping past defences, is forced into the role. Their lessons are brutal, memories colliding in flashes of pain, fury and secrets neither boy means to share.
But Occlumency isn't tidy. It drags up more than nightmares of Voldermortm it reveals stolen glances, unspoken desires, and the cracks in Malfoy's polished mask. As Harry learns to fight back, he uncovers a truth far more dangerous than Voldermort's shadow, sometimes the person who knows you best is the one you're supposed to hate.
Enemies. Rivals. Prisoners of each other's minds. Somewhere in the middle of a war, something darker and more intimate takes root.