Ominis Gaunt. The blind heir of Slytherin. A name steeped in venom, whispers, and the suffocating weight of his family's legacy.
To Velvette, the new seventh-year at Hogwarts, none of this mattered. With a lineage as mysterious as her arrival -parents born as Squibs but tied, it is said, to Rowena Ravenclaw herself- she wasn't here to worship purebloods or play by anyone's rules.
But rules were something Ominis lived by. A leash to keep the Gaunt darkness at bay. Yet the moment her quiet defiance crossed his path, her presence unraveled the very restraints holding him back.
Velvette sees what others don't. The cracks beneath his pristine mask and the venomous hunger in his unseeing gaze. This is not a story of heroes. This is a tale of seduction, defiance, and the perilous cost of wanting what should never be yours.