take what you can carry

The tide of the war has the potential to change after a certain Death Eater with information about a locket defects to the Order of the Phoenix. But the Order is missing one thing: a thief.Kai thought that he was the prettiest boy she had ever seen before. And Kai liked pretty things, which was how she had landed in this situation, a few continents away from her home, in the center of a Pureblood fanatic’s war, in the first place.A mercenary and thief, Kai has a pernicious affinity for all things pretty, which has gotten her into a fair amount of trouble — and prison. When the Order offers her a reduced sentence in exchange for her services — specifically, a heist for horcruxes, Kai finds her previously fickle loyalties drawn to a pretty boy with sharp words — Regulus Black.

Hello!Just piloting this idea — this actually happens after the Marauders graduate from Hogwarts, specifically after my other work (Jaded Jade) ends. That piece is still ongoing, and I'll finish that one before continuing this one, but I just wanted to put this out there in the meantime. This piece is likely to be the (mostly unrelated) sequel to that one, but focusing on Regulus and the war post-Hogwarts. If this has caught your interest, I hope you check out Jaded Jade as it lays out a few characters and the foundation for this story. (And it's about Sirius<3)If you're here from Jaded Jade — you know I love my earnestly chaotic characters, so all I have to say for now is that the main character for this story is much more unhinged and morally gray than Jade (but hopefully equally as lovable), and that this story may be more action-packed and canon-divergent (happy endings only, sorry). Sirius is still in this story, of course, but the focus will be on Regulus and his navigation of the world (and all the therapy he needs about feeling like a bad person).Happy reading!mangomonkEDIT: When I posted this originally, it was a Remus story, but the more I wrote, the more I realized it better fit Regulus! This first chapter has been adjusted with this change.