Chapter Summaries

Draco noticed the cruise ship was rising and ordered the crew to bring the people in the lifeboats aboard. He then took Hermione and Trillian to the presidential suite, where he told Trillian that her memories of the magical world might have to be erased, and she tried to persuade them to spare her.

• Draco pointed out that the cruise ship had stopped sinking and was slowly rising, prompting the crowd to celebrate.
• Draco ordered the crew to bring the people in the lifeboats back aboard, then left with Hermione and Trillian for the presidential suite.
• Draco warned Trillian that people who knew too much could be killed, and Hermione explained that they would instead erase Trillian's memories of the incident.
• Trillian argued that she would keep magic secret and pleaded to be allowed to stay with them rather than lose her memories.
• Draco warned that knowing about magic might lead Trillian to risk her life for it, but she kept pleading and finally appealed to Hermione.

Trillian tried to persuade Hermione to let her stay by offering to guard Draco from women, then eavesdropped outside the couple’s suite after Hermione sent her away. After an hour of suggestive bickering and scuffling, Trillian left convinced Draco had not slept with Hermione.

• Trillian pleaded with Hermione to let her stay and offered to keep watch over women who approached Draco.
• Hermione sent Trillian out of the presidential suite, and Trillian quietly listened at the closed door.
• Draco defended himself to Hermione, then grabbed her and carried her onto the bed as they bickered and scuffled.
• Trillian overheard their conversation and waited outside for an hour, but heard no intimate sounds.
• Trillian tiptoed away, wondering whether Draco was Liuxia Hui reincarnated because he had not slept with his beautiful wife.

Trillian pursued Draco, learned that ordinary people could not become wizards, and tried to persuade him to take her into the magical world. She accidentally revealed that she had overheard him the previous night, and Draco caught her eavesdropping.

• Trillian visited Draco at the presidential suite, and he dragged her away after accusing her of setting him up.
• Trillian pressed herself against Draco, but Hermione spotted them from the terrace and warned Trillian not to steal a wizard's man.
• Draco reassured Hermione by pushing Trillian away, then took her to a secluded café.
• Draco explained that ordinary people could not awaken magic and warned Trillian that entering the wizarding world was dangerous.
• Trillian offered to become Draco's lover if he took her inside, but Draco refused and said he had Hermione.
• Trillian blurted out that she had heard Draco the previous night, and Draco realized she had been eavesdropping.

Draco resisted Trillian’s advances and reminded her that he was devoted to Hermione. After warning Trillian that Hermione could Apparate to them, he turned down her suggestions for ways to pass the time, but Trillian pushed her luck by touching his abs.

• Trillian confessed she wanted to become Draco’s woman, partly to get closer to magic, and tried to undo his trousers in public.
• Draco stopped Trillian and promised to look for ways she could become a witch, then warned her that Hermione could Apparate in unexpectedly.
• Trillian backed away, asked how to deal with her physical needs, and Draco told her to get a cucumber from the restaurant.
• Draco decided to return to Hermione, but Trillian suggested the spa and gym as alternatives.
• Trillian lifted Draco’s shirt and touched his abs, and Draco caught her hand and warned her that she was pushing her luck.

Trillian persuaded Draco to accompany her to a sportswear shop, where she chose a revealing workout outfit and flirted with him. She emerged from the changing room to show it off, leaving Draco struggling to hide his reaction.

• Trillian convinced Draco to go with her, then led him into a sportswear shop instead of the gym.
• Trillian pretended to be Draco's second wife and selected matching workout clothes while Draco reluctantly helped her.
• Trillian explained that she wanted a sexy style distinct from Hermione's intellectual elegance.
• Trillian teased Draco by inviting him into the changing room, but he refused to watch her change.
• Trillian emerged in a revealing outfit and asked Draco whether she looked good.

Draco accompanied Trillian to the gym, where her striking appearance drew a crowd of muscular men offering to train her. He stepped in and called her his woman, but the men dismissed him as no competition.

• Draco made Trillian change into a more conservative workout outfit before they entered the gym.
• Trillian hesitated after seeing the women working out, and Draco teased her about being afraid someone would steal him away.
• Draco and Trillian began warming up by the windows, and the men in the gym soon gathered around Trillian to offer their training services.
• Draco stood in front of Trillian and told the men she was his woman and that he would train her himself.
• Trillian felt flustered by Draco's public declaration, while the muscular men looked him over and scorned his slender build.

Draco accepted a gym challenge from a group of muscleheads who had been pursuing Trillian and stunned the crowd by lifting a 260-kilogram barbell one-handed with magic. The chapter left everyone wondering what he meant when he invited Trillian to get on the barbell.

• Muscleheads insulted Draco and challenged him to compete in barbell lifting, pull-ups, and planks for the right to stay and train Trillian.
• Draco agreed to the competition, and the gym’s strongest barbell lifter demonstrated his strength by squatting with the 140-kilogram weight.
• Draco used the Feather-Light Charm to hold the barbell overhead with one hand, then asked the referee to keep adding weight.
• Draco continued holding the barbell as its weight rose to 260 kilograms, leaving the gym crowd and Trillian astonished.
• Draco turned to Trillian and asked whether she wanted to get on, prompting the spectators to wonder if he meant the barbell.

Draco stunned the ship’s spectators by squatting with Trillian seated on a 260-kilogram barbell, then accepted a pull-up challenge from Iron Hook David. As David tired during the contest, Draco remained calm and seemingly unfatigued.

• Draco invited Trillian to sit on the barbell and completed more than a dozen squats while holding it with one hand.
• Trillian kissed Draco’s cheek, and Draco challenged the crowd to compete against him.
• Iron Hook David challenged Draco to a pull-up contest, and Draco confidently accepted.
• Draco secretly cast a Levitation Charm on himself before hanging from the pull-up bar beside David.
• David surpassed sixty-five pull-ups and showed clear signs of exhaustion, while Draco maintained a steady pace without appearing tired.

Draco Malfoy effortlessly outperformed David in a public pull-up contest and drew a crowd of admirers after they recognized him. At his ninety-fifth repetition, he asked Trillian to hang onto him so he could continue with added weight.

• David gave out after completing 80 pull-ups, while Draco remained steady and dismissed his effort.
• The crowd admired Draco, and Trillian fended off women who offered themselves to him after he was identified as Draco Malfoy.
• Draco continued toward 100 pull-ups while adding leg-raise crunches, stunning the spectators.
• At his ninety-fifth pull-up, Draco told Trillian to hold on to him so he could increase the difficulty.
• Trillian leaped up and wrapped her arms and legs around Draco's waist.

Draco won a hundred-pull-up challenge while carrying Trillian, then began a weighted plank contest with her sitting on his back. As five minutes passed, his opponent weakened while Draco remained motionless and composed.

• Draco finished one hundred pull-ups with Trillian clinging to him, and they discreetly noticed his arousal before he lowered her to the ground.
• The spectators praised Draco, his strength opponent apologized, and David acknowledged him from the floor.
• Draco agreed to compete in a plank contest and invited Trillian to sit on his back.
• Draco used Solid as a Rock Magic to hold himself rigid while Trillian rested on him and partly supported her weight with her toes.
• After five minutes, Draco remained steady and calm while his opponent trembled with aching, numb arms.

Draco Malfoy won a gym challenge while Trillian sat on his back, then admitted he had used magic to make the feat easy. Trillian asked Draco to teach her to exercise, and he began coaching her through a plank.

• Trillian refused to let the women climb onto Draco, claiming all the space on his back for herself.
• Draco's challenger conceded after seeing him hold the weighted plank with Trillian sitting on him, and Draco ended the round with two push-ups.
• Trillian celebrated by jumping into Draco's arms, and Draco warned her that Hermione might come deal with her.
• Draco confessed that he had used magic during the fitness challenges, and Trillian asked him to teach her how to get strong.
• Draco demonstrated a plank and corrected Trillian's form, but she distracted him by wriggling against his hand, so he told her to do it herself while he timed her.

Draco and Trillian worked out together, but Trillian repeatedly teased him until he used magic to conceal them and taught her a rough lesson. They left the gym at noon, and Trillian asked Draco to escort her back to change.

• Trillian asked Draco to teach her glute bridges and repeatedly flirted while he corrected her form.
• Draco cast a spell that blocked sight and sound around them, then pinned Trillian down and squeezed her as punishment for teasing him.
• Trillian grew bolder after learning they were concealed, but Draco stopped her and gave her a workout jacket to tie around her waist.
• Draco ended the workout so he could bring lunch to Hermione, while Trillian teased him about his feelings and he warned her to rein it in.
• Draco and Trillian left the gym, and Trillian asked him to walk her back to her room so she could change.

Draco brought Trillian back to the presidential suite, where he interrupted Hermione’s reading to stretch and massage her before lunch. Trillian ate nearby, feeling envious as Draco and Hermione fed each other.

• Draco Apparated with Trillian to her room, where she changed and teased him before they left for the restaurant.
• Draco and Trillian brought takeout to the presidential suite, where Hermione was absorbed in reading Dream of the Red Chamber.
• Draco took Hermione’s book away, lifted her from the cradle, and stretched and massaged her stiff muscles.
• Trillian ate her meal while Draco cared for Hermione, admitting to herself that she felt envious.
• Hermione fed Draco lunch, and Draco called the butler to clear the dishes afterward.

Hermione interrogated Draco about his morning workout with Trillian, then agreed to join them for yoga in their room. She accepted a revealing yoga outfit after Draco and Trillian persuaded her, though Trillian privately looked forward to seeing her reaction.

• Hermione questioned Draco about working out with Trillian and whether he had looked at other women, while Draco and Trillian denied anything improper.
• Hermione caught Draco admitting he liked looking at women and teased him about watching swimsuit-clad women from the balcony before warning him to behave.
• Trillian suggested yoga for the afternoon, and Hermione agreed to practice with Draco and her in their room.
• Trillian returned in a close-fitting yoga outfit and persuaded Hermione that suitable clothes would make stretching easier.
• Draco brought Hermione a short yoga set, and Hermione reluctantly agreed to try it after Draco and Trillian reassured her.

Draco chose a revealing yoga outfit for Hermione, who reluctantly tried it on and angrily rejected it after seeing how much it exposed. Trillian teased Draco about his flirtation with her, while Hermione insisted he put the outfit away and challenged him to wear it himself.

• Trillian teased Draco for choosing the yoga outfit to make Hermione blush, then flirted with him while Hermione changed.
• Draco warned Trillian to behave and said she would need to win Hermione over before she could pursue him.
• Hermione tried on the outfit, was embarrassed by how tightly it revealed her figure, and ordered Draco out of the changing room.
• Draco returned to the sitting room without seeing Hermione in the outfit, and Trillian mocked him for missing his chance.
• Hermione changed back, threw the outfit at Draco, and told him to put it away; when she challenged him to wear something so embarrassing himself, Draco agreed and went to get men's compression shorts.

Draco chose yoga clothes for Hermione, while Trillian teased the pair and helped set up a playful exchange. Hermione changed into her new outfit, and Draco prepared to begin their yoga lesson.

• Draco changed into compression shorts to demonstrate a men's yoga outfit, embarrassing Hermione and prompting her to send him back to change.
• Trillian teased Hermione about Draco's behavior at night, while Hermione privately resolved to have him exercise more during the day.
• Draco produced a white workout outfit for Hermione and refused Trillian's request for a matching set.
• After Hermione changed, Trillian praised her appearance, and Draco embraced her before she urged him to begin the lesson.
• Draco spread out two yoga mats in the living room and invited Hermione and Trillian to start the lesson.

Draco led Hermione and Trillian through yoga poses, with Hermione growing increasingly embarrassed by the exposed positions and Draco’s attention. He ended the lesson by claiming yoga had originated as a secret bedchamber art from India, leaving both women stunned.

• Draco corrected Hermione and Trillian’s Mountain and Warrior I poses, then reluctantly gave Trillian restrained alignment help after Hermione asked him to.
• Draco guided them through advanced poses, and Hermione became increasingly uncomfortable with how exposed she felt during Camel, Pigeon, and Bridge Pose.
• Hermione stopped practicing, while Draco pressed on Trillian’s lower back and scolded her into holding the pose correctly.
• Hermione questioned whether yoga really included such strange movements, and Draco declared that it had originated as a secret bedchamber art from India.

Draco explained yoga’s supposed intimate origins to Hermione and Trillian, then persuaded them to keep practicing basic poses. Later, he took them to the cinema and guessed Hermione’s favorite film genres, leaving Trillian disappointed when he guessed hers too easily.

• Draco told Hermione and Trillian that yoga poses came from ancient practices meant to increase intimacy, shocking them.
• Hermione accused Draco of teaching yoga for naughty reasons, but he convinced her to continue with basic stretches.
• Trillian expressed interest in difficult poses, and Hermione teased her about wanting to get closer to Draco.
• The three practiced yoga all afternoon, then went to the cinema after dinner as Draco had promised Hermione.
• Draco accurately guessed Hermione’s favorite film genres, then guessed that Trillian liked treasure-hunting adventures and stories about rogues and thieves.

Draco took Hermione and Trillian to see the Chinese supernatural comedy Mr. Vampire Part 3, whose frightening scenes left both women clinging to him despite their claims that they were not scared. After the film, they left the cinema for the deck, where Trillian was still shaken by the supernatural legends it depicted.

• Hermione guessed that Draco would choose a horror film, and he admitted he wanted the chance to get physically close to her.
• Draco picked Mr. Vampire Part 3, and Hermione and Trillian laughed at its comedic opening before the ghostly scenes frightened them.
• Hermione and Trillian grabbed Draco during the scary scenes, while Draco teased Hermione and refused to comfort Trillian.
• Hermione told Trillian to sit properly when she used the film as an excuse to press against Draco.
• After the film, Hermione argued that horror films felt different from real ghosts, and Trillian asked whether Chinese supernatural legends were all so frightening.

Draco, Hermione, and Trillian were walking on the cruise ship when eight armed mercenaries boarded and threatened them. Draco subdued seven, then forced the remaining man to explain that the mercenaries planned to blow up the ship with torpedoes.

• Draco, Hermione, and Trillian joked together while strolling along the deck.
• Eight armed men climbed aboard, and their leader threatened the trio while several mercenaries made lewd remarks about Hermione and Trillian.
• Draco told Hermione to protect Trillian, then used Stupefy to knock out seven of the men.
• Draco stopped the last man from reaching his pistol and ordered him to fetch the captain and the ship's police.
• The man handed over his pistol and revealed that he was a smuggler who had brought the mercenaries to the ship on his speedboat.
• The smuggler warned Draco, Hermione, and Trillian that torpedoes were on the boat and the mercenaries planned to blow up the cruise ship.