Ivory Celeste Nott was never meant to be soft. Born to a Death Eater father and a Grindelwald mother, Ivory's fate was written in darkness long before she could speak. Raised in a crumbling manor full of silence and spells, she learned to guard her mind before her heart ever stood a chance. At Hogwarts, she's not like the other Slytherins - not loud, not cruel, just cold. Controlled. Feared. The perfect weapon of a cursed legacy. But then there's Mattheo Riddle - arrogant, clever, dangerous. A boy born from the same war-torn bloodlines. A rival who sees past her armor. A mirror she never asked for. They clash like fire and ice, always circling, always resisting - until hatred begins to burn into something far more dangerous. Because when you're born into darkness... Sometimes, the only person who can see you is someone just as broken

" 𝙈𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙧.. " ─ Forbidden romance set in the shadow of rising darkness at Hogwarts. Dahlia Mallory, a sharp-witted Gryffindor with scars no one sees, crosses paths with Mattheo Riddle-the Dark Lord's son, feared by all and haunted by what he's becoming. As war brews outside and secrets unravel within, they are drawn together by a pull neither of them can explain and a danger they can't escape. But in a world where bloodlines define loyalty and love is a weakness, choosing each other might cost them everything.