Author's Note

"She could always help me find light in the darkness."

Weakening her, wilting her, a blood malediction poisons her.

Astoria Greengrass was never destined for much. Never destined for love, or adventure -- never destined for life.

But despite it all, the fates, the stars, destiny -- a life, she lives.

And what a wonderful one it is.

In her unexpected romance with Draco Malfoy, she discovers that just being alive and truly living are two different things.

part one of the 'Astoria Greengrass' series