Irene Sovetskaya yearns for vengeance. After a strong suspicion of the Emperor's hand in her parents' assassination, the newly titled Countess desires to spill the blood of the monarchy. To do so, she must be admitted to the royal court, and marrying the prince seems the most plausible choice. The only problem is that he will never choose her as a prospective bride. As such, she devises one single plan-use Tom Riddle, a pauper that looks almost identical to the prince, to infiltrate the castle and seize the crown. dark retelling of the prince and the pauper. slowburn enemies to lovers. dark royal core au. edited by @camilledarling all tarot card pictures are made by cocorrina and can be found as a deck on their website.

Her features softened, relaxing into something less than comforting. "Oh Tom," she crooned, "Monsters don't fear other monsters. You and I know that far too well." no.8 in Grindelwald 15/12/20 no.59 in Riddle 15/12/20 no.31 in Lordvoldemort 15/12/20 no.2 in darkarts 22/12/20 no.1 in knightsofwalpurgis 5/03/21

Rhea Hel is the golden girl of Hogwarts. Everyone adores her and worships the ground she walks on. She flashes a smile or bats her eyes and everyone falls in line behind her, because she could do no wrong in their eyes. Tom Riddle was a charismatic boy that was an enigma to all who knew him. He was quiet and reserved himself to spend time in the company of his followers without a care for anyone else - especially for people like Rhea Hel. But, when Rhea has access to something he wants, Tom finds their paths crossing much more often than he anticipated and he finds himself realizing that there might be more to Rhea Hel than meets the eye. (Prequel to 'Nox' and 'Confessions') *Can be read as a stand-alone*