She was a lie performed for the world, yet became the only truth he had.
Talia Foley, a fallen pure-blood of Slytherin, wore Muggle canvas shoes and calculated every move. When her family tried to marry her off to a fool, she walked into the Gryffindor compartment and made a deal with the least likely person of all:
Sirius Black, a pure-blood rebel who hated every fate imposed upon him. She said, “Let’s pretend to be engaged and fool everyone. In two years, we go our separate ways.”
A performance in which they each got what they wanted.
He didn’t love her, and she didn’t trust him.
As the lies grew more convincing and the truth became more painful to hide,
they realized this was a play they could no longer bring to an end.
Two formidable leads · Sexual tension · From a bargain to pledging their lives to each other
When the Marauders’ era met the First Wizarding War, the girl in Muggle shoes taught him what freedom meant, but nearly lost her own heart in the process.
“Falling in love with you was the one thing I never planned for.”
