The Stark Cage

Maeve Stark was born into one of the oldest pureblood families in the wizarding world.

From the outside, the Starks looked untouchable, powerful, wealthy, feared.

Inside Stark Manor, they were trapped.

Raised beneath impossible expectations and ruthless control, Maeve and her brother Luca learned early that survival meant obedience. But when Voldemort begins pulling the next generation of pureblood heirs deeper into his war, Maeve is thrown into a world of violence, secrets, and blood-soaked loyalty where every choice has a cost.

Alongside Theo Nott, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Mattheo Riddle, Regulus Black, Lorenzo Berkshire, and Luca, Maeve becomes part of a dangerous circle of young Death Eaters sent on brutal missions for a cause none of them fully understand.

But something far darker is hiding beneath the surface.

Because the war isn't the only thing controlling them.

And Stark Manor was never just a home.

As betrayals unravel and ancient magic buried beneath the manor begins to wake, Maeve is forced to confront the horrifying truth about her family, her bloodline, and herself. And when the people she loves begin dying around her, grief turns into something catastrophic.

Something powerful enough to destroy everything.

Dark, emotional, and devastating, this story follows love formed in violence, friendships forged through survival, and a girl trying to escape the cage she was born into, even if she has to burn it down to do it.