Claimed by the Serpent / D.M.

She was everything Draco Malfoy wasn't meant to want - a brilliant Ravenclaw with soft eyes, a gentle voice, and a mind sharper than any spell he knew.

He told himself he hated her.
He told everyone else the same.

But hatred shouldn't feel like this - a burning twist in his stomach when she laughed with other boys, a violent urge to keep her close, protect her, claim her.

Aurelia Vale never expected her final years at Hogwarts to be anything but quiet. After a heartbreak that still stung, the last thing she needed was Draco Malfoy's cold stare or his cruel smirk.
Yet the more they clashed, the more something unspoken sparked between them - something fierce, dangerous, and impossible to ignore.

A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers Draco Malfoy romance full of jealousy, obsession, Quidditch, lingering touches, sharp words, stolen glances and the kind of love that terrifies even a Slytherin.