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Hermione Granger has a new mission: stop a dark practitioner who has been erasing memories in the Carpathian Mountains for over a decade. The weapon is the Quietus—a spell that surgically removes what it chooses. Its victims never know what they've lost.
She's not the only one hunting.
Severus Snape is already there, working alone, as he always does. He doesn't want a partner. He doesn't want backup. He certainly doesn't want Hermione Granger appearing at his institute with a cover identity and an unshakeable determination to help.
What follows is a battle of wills fought in close quarters and hostile territory. Snape is cold, cutting, and determined to keep her at arm's length. Hermione is stubborn, brilliant, and equally determined not to be dismissed. Forced to work together under cover identities in a region where the local authorities resent outsiders and the dark magic runs deep, they must navigate a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and targeted memory erasure—all while the distance between them grows ever more charged.