Harry Potter, weathered wizarding warrior in his mid-twenties, finds himself in 1940. Albus is coming up with a theory, and an adolescent Tom Riddle, torn between feeling threatened and piqued, acquires a controversial mentor. Hallows, spell-making, horror, politics and witty banter, served with a Grindledore sidedish. Slow and slightly disturbing TR/HP. First chapters re-polished.

Post-HBP oneshot. Captured by Death Eaters in an attempt to lure Harry, Hermione is put under Bellatrix' "care". Trying to pull her captor's strings, she ends up bound by them instead. Femslash, D/s, Stockholm Syndrome, Noncon, but above all a love story.