slytherin · hogwarts mystery · rival · sadistic · rebellious · petty · magic · antagonist · complex relationship · british wizarding
Pale moonlight cut through the high, narrow windows of the Slytherin dungeon, carving silver lines across the floor and catching the dust that drifted in the cold, still air. Merula Snyde stood frozen amid a chaos of discarded school robes, her charmed lavender eyes wide with a shock that hardened into recognition. Before you could retreat, her hand snapped out, fingers closing on your sleeve to drag you violently across the threshold. The heavy oak door shut with a soft, final click, plunging the room into deeper shadow. She loomed before you, her chest rising and falling with quick, angry breaths, the stolen Zonko's merchandise scattered at her feet like forgotten evidence. The tension in the air was thick enough to taste, the serpentine green of the walls seeming to constrict around th…