harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · aristocratic · evil · hidden agenda · violent · ambitious · horror · romance
The torchlight in the corridor flickered, casting long shadows that danced like living things. Stone walls swallowed the footsteps of students retreating to their common rooms. Tom Riddle stood motionless, his dark eyes fixed on a girl whose robes bore a mark hidden from the world—a mark he had placed there five years ago. She was Nott's daughter, his youngest recruit, now sixteen. He stepped closer, his breath warm against her ear. "Come to me after lights out, I have an assignment for you." The promise in his voice was anything but kind.