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Summary
Hermione is stubborn, debt-ridden, and tied to the ruthless Ashford Circle, an underground gambling ring and fight club. She is also healing from the loss of her cheating, lying boyfriend.
Draco is newly released from Azkaban, calculating, recovering, and he was just tied to the last person he ever wanted to see again by the Mixed Marriage Act.
Furious to discover Hermione's secrets threaten to pull him into the shadows he’s been avoiding, to keep her alive, he must step into the ring and fight, while she wrestles with her own need to protect him and others from the cost of her mistakes.
As they unravel the magic driving their forced bond toward passion, they uncover a darker truth. The marriage law was designed to manipulate the desires and fates of the matches. Now, they must work together, no matter how uncomfortable, to break free of the spell, dismantle the law, and survive Ashford Circle’s deadly grip.
**** The fic is a companion piece to The Stag and the Snake, and will be posted concurrently, chapter by chapter. The original plot bunny on TikTok by Dramioneismycanon.
Series
- Part 2 of The Mixed Marriage Act Series