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"We don’t drown. We float. That’s how Muggles used to tell, isn’t it?"
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When Regulus is five, he nearly drowns in the sea off Blackpool.
When Regulus is eleven, his brother befriends a ghost.
It’s not until Regulus is eighteen and ready to die that the Black family’s darkest secret finally unravels. It might, perhaps, change everything.
(A coming-of-age story with mind magic, star charting, pink petit-fours, two diaries, and a ghost.)
[Edit: SPOILERS in the comments.]
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In 1967, Regulus Black loses a game of hide-and-seek.
In 1979, he is dragged, alive, from the underground lake.
In 1980, he turns reluctant spy for the Order.
These events are not connected.
But there’s a strange thread weaving through Regulus’s life, a splitting seam in the tapestry of his memories, a bogeyman that shadows his steps, and he can’t quite shake the feeling that he's missed something essential...
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- Part 1 of for now we see
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Bookmarked by theturtleoasis
28 Mar 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Did not feel the urge to read this because I was looking for something more fluffy and comforting but really glad I read this