Between Wards and Whispers

The Fifth murder that leaves no magical trace.When Auror Draco Malfoy is assigned to investigate a series of unnaturally clean deaths, he knows something doesn’t fit. No signs of magic. No spellwork. Just the unmistakable feeling that whatever's behind it was never meant to be found. Then the Department of Mysteries assigns him a partner—Hermione Granger, of all people—and the case fractures wide open.What begins as a forensic puzzle becomes something else entirely: a reckoning with bloodlines, the legacy of silence, and the alchemy of grief.A slow-burn investigative mystery about what we inherit, what we erase, and what remains when the magic runs out.Draco POV heavy. Dual POV from Chapter 2 onward. For readers who like atmosphere, margin-note tension, and a mystery that doesn’t blink first.🐍 Draco Malfoy is cold, clinical, and haunted by legacy—an heir unraveling the quiet violence his bloodline buried, one unspoken truth at a time.📚 Hermione Granger is sharp, restrained, and unrelenting—a mind built for precision and a heart she swore to guard, until this case breaks both.