After making a grave error following a targeted assassination, Bellatrix finds herself magically bound to Lord Voldemort in marriage. It's a situation neither of them saw coming, and yet one that ultimately seemed destined to unfold. As Voldemort ascends, he and Bellatrix live a lie about their accidental marriage... until the lie becomes the truth. Novel-length Bellamort.

Tom Riddle is asked to be Bellatrix Black's godfather. For years, he takes his duties very seriously. Even when he travels to the Continent for a decade, he sends her letters and gifts. But when he returns home, he finds a nearly-grown witch filled with Darkness and a craving to learn the Dark Arts he's studied. What will Lord Voldemort do with the vicious, grown witch she becomes?