Grace

Niobe and Grace Avery were five when they met their first werewolf. One came out of the encounter forever scarred, the other came out a heroine. Both came out changed, and the first strains touched the bond between the twins. Now, with Niobe at Hogwarts, an encounter between Grace and Fenrir Greyback threatens to shatter that bond forever.

Grace is now at the mercy of Fenrir Greyback and his pack, yet she still retains the arrogance that is her birthright. That arrogance, and her defience of his authority tempts Fenrir in more ways than Grace is yet aware, but his first business is with the man who hired him to kill another werewolf - and conning money out of him for a job he has no intention of carrying out.

Niobe is enjoying her breakfast, aware of the proximity of the full moon, when a letter arrives from her mother with the red seal of a family matter. Her friend Andromeda Black is concerned when the younger witch flees the Great Hall, and won’t talk about what has her bothered, and resolves to keep an eye on her just in case.

Fenrir has the proof Avery seeks, even as Grace protests its loss. Only when Malcolm takes it to Marion, she does not react how he expects, and he finds himself less welcome than before in the home to which he had banished Marion and his daughters.