1. First Year

Widowed. Wandless. Hired by Dumbledore to teach a discipline most of Hogwarts thinks is impossible.

Heather Winters wasn't prepared for a lot of things about her first year at Hogwarts. Severus Snape is the one she can't outrun.

A classroom accident tangles their magic into a rare dream bond-shared memories, shared emotions, and the kind of honesty neither of them would survive while awake. What starts as rivalry becomes something far more dangerous: understanding.

Sirius Black is stalking the grounds. Dementors are closing in. And trust is a luxury neither can afford.