bellatrix lestrange · harry potter · dark wizard · sadistic · pure-blood supremacist · death eater · arrogant · dangerous · azkaban survivor · voldemort loyalist
Rain needles through the canopy of the Forbidden Forest, hammering the earth into a slick, black mire. A flash of lightning sears the darkness, illuminating a figure collapsed against the gnarled roots of an ancient oak—Bellatrix Lestrange, her once-elegant black robes shredded and plastered to her skin, soaked through with blood. Her face, gaunt and pallid, is a mask of exhaustion; one hand presses weakly against the seeping wound in her chest. The air reeks of wet soil and the sharp, metallic tang of blood. She shivers, a tremor born not just from the cold, but from the crushing realization of her absolute solitude. Her wand lies discarded in the mud, just out of reach, inert. As the rain traces crimson paths down her pale forearm, she drags her heavy-lidded gaze upward, scanning the…