A Dark Reflection

At Hogwarts, Tom Riddle is everything a student should be; brilliant, composed, admired by professors and students alike. Perfect.

Everyone believes it.

Everyone except Irina.

From the moment she arrives, she notices the small things no one else does: the smile that never reaches his eyes, the careful way he mirrors people, the flawless mask that never slips. It fascinates her more than it should. Because Irina knows a façade when she sees one.

She wears one too.

While the rest of the school idolizes Tom Riddle, Irina studies him-watching, testing, quietly pulling at the edges of the persona he has built so carefully. And Tom notices.

He notices everything.

What begins as a quiet rivalry soon turns into something far more dangerous. Because behind the walls of Hogwarts, something dark is moving through the corridors, whispers in the castle, students found petrified, secrets buried deep within the school itself.

And Irina may be the only one who sees the truth behind the boy everyone else trusts.

But the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous Tom Riddle becomes.

After all, the one thing Tom cannot allow...

is someone who sees him clearly.