Claire tried to push these thoughts aside, to bury them beneath the weight of her circumstances, but each passing moment brought them closer together and she couldn’t deny the undeniable truth any longer. She was falling for him, her new husband, with a depth and intensity that both exhilarated and terrified her. It was a feeling she had never experienced before—a mixture of passion, trust, and an overwhelming sense of belonging which was missing even when she was in Hogwarts.