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Harry Potter Draco Malfoy Romance Forbidden Love Enemies to Lovers Slow Burn

Ashes and
Ambition

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Hermione Granger, the Ministry's most brilliant researcher, finds herself reluctantly paired with Draco Malfoy to uncover the secrets of a war-torn magical artifact. Their forced collaboration ignites a firestorm of unresolved tension—sharp words give way to stolen glances, and late-night research sessions dissolve into heated encounters against ancient bookshelves. As they delve deeper into pure-blood magic's darkest corners, Draco's hands trace more than just runes, and Hermione's sharp mind fixates on more than just spells. The past may haunt them, but the present burns hotter—every touch a defiance, every gasp a rebellion against the world that tried to keep them apart.

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Explicit

Length6 scenes · ~20 min

Read by597 readers

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(01) — Who you'll be locked in with

Meet the cast

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Cressida Warrington

A former Ravenclaw who vanished after the Battle of Hogwarts, Cressida Warrington resurfaced as an independent curse-breaker and artefact hunter. She believes the artifact Hermione and Draco are studying belongs to her family line by ancestral right—and she will stop at nothing to claim it. Cold, brilliant, and ruthless, she is the shadow that dogs their every breakthrough, willing to burn old alliances for a taste of forgotten power.

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Hermione Granger

The brightest witch of her age, now a senior researcher in the Department of Mysteries. Hermione is methodical, fiercely principled, and still nursing the scars of war. She agreed to the artifact project only because the Minister twisted her arm—she despises working with anyone who once mocked her blood status. But her curiosity is a stronger force than her grudges.

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Draco Malfoy

Once a Death Eater, now a Ministry consultant on dark artifacts—a probationary role he accepted in exchange for his father's reduced sentence. Draco is sardonic, guarded, and deeply intelligent. He hides his remorse behind a wall of dry wit and deflection. His knowledge of pure-blood ritual magic is unmatched, which is why Hermione needs him. And he knows it.

(02) — 6 scenes

The reel

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Runes and Regret

Runes and Regret

In the archive beneath the Department of Mysteries, Hermione and Draco clash over an ancient artifact—and the line between argument and attraction blurs.

Ashes and Ambition

Ashes and Ambition

In a frozen archive beneath the Ministry, Hermione and Draco uncover a dangerous binding that demands a sacrifice they're not willing to give.

The Heist

Inside a dark witch's private chambers, Hermione and Draco close in on the artefact that could break an ancient blood pact—but the room has traps of its own.

Ashes and Ambition

Ashes and Ambition

Hermione and Draco seek answers from a sharp-tongued pureblood heiress whose family legacy holds the key to a dangerous artifact.

BLOOD AND BINDING

BLOOD AND BINDING

Draco and Hermione follow a lead to a secluded manor, where an old pure-blood family's secrets may hold the key to the diary they seek.

The Memory Unravels

The Memory Unravels

A forbidden archive, a cursed Codex, and a shared past that refuses to stay buried—Hermione and Draco are about to discover what happens when secrets stop being safe.

(03) — The room, out loud

What readers said back

Nobody has said anything yet.

(04) — Marginalia from the dark

What readers whispered

3,100 reactions

I have notes. The notes are just my heart rate.

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“Felt like eavesdropping on something I wasn't meant to hear. Couldn't stop.”

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the engine didn't rush them and that's the entire point. devastating restraint, genuinely.

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“It understood longing better than the last person who claimed to.”

L@lastperson48

every chapter ends one sentence too soon and I mean that as the highest praise.

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Closed my laptop. Stared at a wall. Opened it again. Kept reading.

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Started it to fall asleep. It is now 4am.

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“Read it twice. Reading it a third time. This is a confession, not a review.”

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(05) — If this one undid you

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