THE DARK BETWEEN US

He was sent to kill Dumbledore. She was sent to make sure he didn't fail.
Sasha Dolohova has spent her entire life surrounded by darkness.
Daughter of Antonin Dolohov, one of Voldemort's most ruthless followers, she was raised knowing exactly what the Dark Lord was capable of. After two years at Durmstrang, she returned to Britain with something most sixteen-year-olds could never imagine carrying-
the Dark Mark.
Unlike Draco Malfoy, Sasha already knows what it means to serve Voldemort.
She knows how to lie. She knows how to kill. And, most importantly, she knows how to survive.
So when Draco begins failing at his task to repair the Vanishing Cabinet and assassinate Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort gives Sasha a new assignment: Go to Hogwarts. Help Draco. Make sure he succeeds. Draco remembers Sasha from childhood. The quiet Dolohov girl who never smiled.
He just never expected to see her again standing at the Dark Lord's side, marked and utterly fearless.
At first, she's everything he hates. The reminder that his father thinks he's weak. The girl Voldemort sent to watch him. The daughter of a man Draco knows better than to cross.
But behind Sasha's perfect smile is a girl who has learned that loyalty is sometimes nothing more than a performance.
And behind Draco's arrogance is a boy who is terrified of what will happen if he fails.
As the year descends into murder, betrayal and war, Sasha becomes the only person who knows what Draco is truly capable of- and the only person willing to protect him from the consequences.
Because sometimes the person standing beside you in the darkness isn't the one who leads you further into it.
Sometimes...
they're the reason you survive it.

Draco Malfoy x OC
Half-Blood Prince → Deathly Hallows → So on
Dark romance • enemies to lovers • slow burn • angst • canon compliant