everyone knows what became of lord voldemort. far fewer know what became of his children. celestia riddle has spent her entire life carrying a name people either fear or worship. the youngest child of the most dangerous wizard of all time, she has long since learned that being a riddle comes with expectations: power, loyalty, and a legacy she isn't entirely sure she wants. with her older brother matteo never far away and the familiar halls of hogwarts filled with the only family she's ever really known, celestia has always believed there are few things about her life she doesn't understand. theodore nott has always been one of them. her brother's best friend. the boy who has known her since childhood. the one person capable of seeing through every lie she tells before she's even finished telling it. but as whispers of the dark lord's return grow louder and strange pieces of celestia's past begin refusing to fit together, the certainty she's built her life upon starts to fracture. there are things no one will tell her... things her father went to extraordinary lengths to conceal. and something buried within celestia that was never meant to belong to her. neither blood nor bone.

"you know, wise girl, if you keep looking at me like that, people are gonna think you like me." "and we definitely wouldn't want that, seaweed brain." -in which, teen guitarist percy jackson relentlessly flirts with his not-so-secret crush annabeth chase, the stem girl who wants nothing to do with him.