love me not

In their final year at Hogwarts, Dorcas Meadowes and Marlene McKinnon are supposed to be sworn enemies—Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, fire vs. ice, pride vs. pride. It all comes to a head when a brawl on the Quidditch pitch gets them both benched and forced to play nice if they want back on their teams.Dorcas Meadowes is just trying to keep Slytherin in line, win the Quidditch Cup, and survive her final year without murdering half her classmates. Marlene McKinnon—the loud, reckless Gryffindor is hellbent on getting under her skin at every possible opportunity.Dorcas has her duty, her family name, and the pressure of being Slytherin’s golden girl. Marlene has her friends, her fierce sense of right and wrong, and a Gryffindor-sized grudge. Between mounting war tensions, house loyalties, and pressure from families and friends, the girls are stuck balancing what’s expected of them with what they actually want. Which, annoyingly, might just be each other.It's not just a game anymore. And neither of them is playing fair.