The first time she met Tom Riddle was at the sorting ceremony. The Sorting Hat shouted "Slytherin" before it even touched his hair.
"Very handsome," she thought. It's like recognizing that there are no stars in the dome tonight.
Then she discovered that some things were darker than a starless night. But she's on her way.
Ambitious × delicate and tenacious - he taught her how not to be hit by a spell, but he didn't teach her how not to be trapped by silence.
(The pace is slow, but each chapter advances the plot and has an undercurrent)
Intention: About choices, costs, and a person who doesn't know how to love.