❝ 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. ❞ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ Tom Riddle does not bend. He does not lose. And he certainly does not bleed for a Muggle-born Ravenclaw who refuses to look at him with fear. For six years, Marlene Blythe was nothing but a shadow in his periphery. But forced into an unwanted partnership, she becomes the singular fracture in his flawless design-the only person to ever say no to the future Lord Voldemort and mean it. He calls it a strategy. She calls it hatred. But in the dark, they are both liars. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ ʀɪᴠᴀʟs. ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇs ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀs. ᴏʙsᴇssɪᴏɴ sʟᴏᴡ ʙᴜʀɴ. ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ.