crimson and cursed. tom riddle

a tamed monster. an untamed angel.
no rules, no mercy, and only one end.
because someone always wins the war.

Syrena Ocyrus Nell is a Muggle-born orphan with a fiery spirit, bright smile, and absolutely nothing to do with the Wizarding World. So when her Hogwarts letter arrives-or, rather, when her invitation to freedom comes-she's swept up into a fantastical world, one that harbors more secrets than what meets the eye.

At Wool's Orphanage, Tom Marvolo Riddle considers her presence nothing short of a curse. She is everything he despises-warm where he is cold, light where he is shadow. And yet, she refuses to be dismissed.

There would come a day where Tom Riddle shed his name and took a new one, shed his body and adopted a more powerful one, shed his reputation for one widely feared. But before that, as many forget, there was a time where he was simply Tom-a boy who could not escape the girl who saw through his shadows, and whose heart, no matter how he tried to sever it, was always held in his Rena's grasp.

*this story is published on quotev and nowhere else; if you see it elsewhere, it has been copied.*
*cover by @yon9hee*