Mannikin

It’s been four years since the war ended. Hermione didn’t think she’d last the aftereffects, the pain. She wanted it to end. She didn’t want to feel anything anymore. When Draco Malfoy stops her on the street, she tries to pretend she doesn’t know him.

Chimera (kye-MEER-uh) n. an illusion; a foolish fancy. Ginny is drawn to that cool, dark place between the forest and the lake, and finds that there are many unsolvable things in the world.