She was called Grindelwald more times than she could count. She walked in shadows and silence, for the world saw nothing in her but another Grindelwald-a mistake, a misfit, someone to be cast aside. Even after arriving at Hogwarts, life offered little change. She still lived in hiding, dodging the cruel words of those who labeled her a monster. But her story wasn't meant to end in the shadows. Then came her so-called savior-an angel, though perhaps more accurately, a fallen one. The world once knew him as Tom Riddle. He didn't pull her out of the darkness. He showed her how to use it-not to hide, but to rise. Not to escape, but to become something more...

When Sebastian heard about the arrival of the new fifth-year, he hadn't paid it much mind. So if you told him that she would soon best him in a duel, cure his sister of her curse, and completely and utterly steal his heart-well, he wouldn't have believed you, quite frankly But, here he is.