The Girl Behind the Riddle Everyone at Hogwarts knows Mattheo Riddle. They know the reputation. The arrogance. The temper. The Quidditch obsession. The fights, the parties, the girls who have tried their luck and been turned away without a second thought. What they also know is that Mattheo has had a girlfriend for years. What they don’t know is what she’s actually like. Y/N Xavier has spent most of her life at Beauxbatons, growing up beneath the weight of one of the wizarding world’s most infamous pure-blood names. The Xavier family is wealthy, powerful and feared, with a history steeped in blood politics and Dark Magic. So when word spreads that a Xavier is transferring to Hogwarts for sixth year—and that she’s Mattheo Riddle’s girlfriend—people have expectations. They expect someone cold. Someone arrogant. Someone dangerous. Instead, they get Y/N. Sweet. Intelligent. Warm. Almost painfully kind. She knows more about magic than most students her age, understands things that would horrify other sixth-years and possesses enough power to defend herself if she ever needed to. She simply chooses not to. And perhaps the most confusing part? Y/N doesn’t seem to understand why everyone is so fascinated by the fact that she’s dating Mattheo Riddle. Because to her, he’s not Mattheo Riddle. He’s just Mattheo. Her boyfriend. The boy she’s loved for years. The boy who is completely, shamelessly obsessed with her. Mattheo has never hidden his relationship. He’s never entertained another girl, never acted single and never cared what anyone thought about how devoted he is to Y/N. His friends can call him whipped. They can laugh when she bosses him around. They can watch him become ridiculously affectionate the second she walks into a room. He doesn’t care. Because everyone else gets Mattheo Riddle. Y/N gets the boy underneath him. What she doesn’t know is that the two versions aren’t as simple as they appear. She knows the affectionate boyfriend. The