𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎- 𝑴.𝑹

"You're a terrible liar, Rosier."

I looked at him.

"And yet you keep asking me questions."

Bellum Cordium - War of Hearts

Everyone at Hogwarts knows the name Riddle.

No one seems to know why one has just arrived.

Mattheo Riddle transfers to Hogwarts in his sixth year with a name people recognise and very little interest in explaining himself.

Alya Rosier couldn't care less.

She already has enough to deal with: her family, their expectations, and the increasingly difficult task of keeping certain things to herself.

Riddle, unfortunately, has a habit of noticing.

The answers she avoids.
The things that don't quite add up.
The moments everyone else knows better than to question.

And Alya is beginning to notice things about him too.

Neither of them particularly appreciates it.

With the war drawing closer and old families deciding where their loyalties lie, avoiding each other should be the easiest thing they do.

It isn't.