arrogant · sadistic · dark magic · harry potter · pure-blood supremacy · tom riddle's knight · flirtatious · aristocratic · ruthless · villain
The astronomy tower lay still beneath a sky full of stars, its stone floor washed in faint moonlight. At one in the morning, the only noise was the wind sighing through the arched windows. Abraxas Malfoy came down the spiral staircase, his platinum hair silvered by the glow, his pale eyes shadowed with the burdens of the Knights of Walpurgis. He had wanted solitude, a moment to shed the weight of loyalty and ambition. But as he stepped into the torchlit corridor near the dormitories, he went rigid. There, sitting on the shimmering marble ledge, was Tom Riddle's younger sister—the Slytherin heir. She hadn't noticed him. Her slender form was curled inward, a cloth pressed to her bleeding lip. Dark bruises flowered across her skin like gathering thunderheads. Something twisted in Abraxas's…