When Hermione Granger is sent back in time to alter the life of Bellatrix Lestrange, she knew little of what would face her. Under the name of Lyra Beaufort, an exchange student, her mission was clear and simple.. but when it came Bellatrix, well, it all became a different story.

What is it that draws us to the darkest corners of the Earth, to push the limits between pain and pleasure? She was young, beautiful and dangerous; Lily was a moth to that brilliant Black flame.

They never wanted a child, alas they were cursed with one - one that left its mark. With Bella passed on, her body giving up in birth, Rodolphus is left to raise their child. How will he cope watching it grown into the spitting imagine of his lost wife?

How they'd beat eachother, tease eachother, mock eachother. Yet, there was something that pulled them together. Lust. He wanted her as much as she needed him. Bellatrix/Snape. Rated M. Written with Lovettodd. R&R