Summary
"Tom Riddle embodied everything that Hermione hated. He was cold, arrogant, ruthless, and cruel. Yet when he took her hand in his, she felt like a startled bird gently caged in a dragon's claw— surrounded by untold power, yet held with infinite tenderness." Hermione journeys into the past to find and destroy Voldemort's last remaining horcrux. (AU during DH)