Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

A mans worth isn't valued on the gold in his vault, but in his actions. So when Draco is given an ultimatum by his father to either get rid of his Muggle born girlfriend Hermione Granger, or lose the family fortune he is at an ends. He's never been without money and after being with Hermione he never wants to be without her, it's a tough choice. So what happens when that choice is made for him and he is forced to live a paradox life? Will he make the right choice Before all else? * Disclaimer* I do not own the characters, they are the property of J.K Rowling. The story line is completely mine however, if you see it anywhere else please inform me.

This is the story of Hermione Esmeralda Granger, only heiress to the Granger family name and the wealth and power that comes with it. Join Hermione as she embarks on her journey to Hogwarts, and her transformation from the eleven year old daughter of one of Wizarding World's most powerful Pureblood families to the Lady of the Snakes. [Domina Serpentium is Latin for Lady of Serpents or Snakes]