Echoes of the Mind: The Unwanted Bond
By @Anne Hergott
The war is won, but Hogwarts is a ghost town of survival. Harry Potter returns to finish his education, carrying the crushing weight of survivor's guilt and an explosive anger he cannot tame. Draco Malfoy, branded a traitor and stripped of pride, seeks only to survive his final year in silence. But during a volatile defense seminar, an ancient, forbidden magic misfires, fusing their minds into a shared, inescapable consciousness. Suddenly, Harry’s blinding panic attacks and Draco’s cold, suffocating dread leak into each other's souls. Initially a violent agony of exposed secrets and violated boundaries, they cannot escape each other’s thoughts. When a radical faction of remaining Death Eaters begins targeting the school, using mind-altering artifacts, Harry and Draco realize their unwanted telepathic bond is the only weapon capable of anticipating the enemy's next strike. To save Hogwarts, they must stop fighting the link—and each other.
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