Draco listened hard to Professor Muldoon’s lecture on resisting the Imperius curse. It was fourth period and usually by now he found his concentration waning, but today his mind was sharp and focused. Whether it was down to the dreamless sleep potion affording him the most restful night he had gotten since he came back to school, or the quasi-reconciliation he had had with Granger the previous evening, he didn’t know, but he was determined to make the most of it.
“So, remember,” Professor Muldoon barked, his gimlet eyes roving across the room. “The best way to defend against this curse is to not get hit by it! Some basic protection spells can give you fair warning that you are under attack…”
Draco rubbed his thumb over the signet ring on his right hand that he had imbued with a shield
