Liz has always refused to become like her family. Even though the blood of the Black family flows in her veins. Adopted by Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange after the death of her father Regulus - in hopes of "setting her on the right path" , she sticks to her resolution when the talking hat fails to send her to Slytherin. But now, a few years later, she is unexpectedly tempted. Mattheo Riddle. The son of the dark lord. Will she succumb to darkness after all? ________________ First a few trigger warnings (Note: in the first 10 or so chapters it's only mentioned or hinted at in passing, after that everything gets a bit darker and I think from chapter 20 on it becomes a bigger issue. But I'll update that here as soon as the chapters are ready.) - toxic families, - abuse by family - self-injurious behavior I will add to the list if necessary. ___________________ Now for the cringey author comment :DDD I have succumbed to the Mattheo Riddle FFs.... for the sake of story I'm going to vary the timeline of the original HP series a bit. I want to pick up themes from volume 2, but I don't want to write about 12 year olds while exploring darker sides. Guess they're 16? Creative freedom and all that XP