Lapsarian

by Hellvwng

Two enemies strike a deal to turn the tide of a war and save what they each value most. The temptation of salvation draws Hermione Granger deeper and deeper into damnation, her own fall from grace, at a heavy price.

Words: 257,043; page count calculated to be 642

Genres: Fan Fiction, Dark

642 pages, ebook

First published April 9, 2023

Reviews

[Mai · Rating 4 out of 5]

a Manacled inspired FF.
intense and angsty in its own way but not as insane as Manacled

[suneater · Rating 2 out of 5]

lacked cohesion and yet somehow was unnecessarily descriptive.

[Alexzandra Pattinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Draco would do anything for his mother. He joined the Death Eaters to protect her, he became the Hight Reeve to keep her safe and now he made a deal with the Order to keep her alive.
When Lucius failed his task for Voldemort, Narcissa and Draco where left to clean up his mess. Narcissa was tortured daily in her own home by Voldemort and other Death Eaters, while Draco had to join the ranks just to keep her alive. Over the years he had to become more and more ruthless to keep her safe and now his title as High Reeve is widely feared and respected.
But Narcissa's health keeps declining rapidly and Draco has become desperate. He exchanges his services as a high ranking Death Eater, for the help of Hermione as a Healer. She is his only hope in saving his mothers life and he's more than willing to pay any price for it, even if it means he has to give up his own.

Another fic that has been inspired by Manacled but with a very different plot than the original.
In this story Hermione is a Healer as well and Draco is the High Reeve who exchanges his services to the order for his mother but in this story Hermione isn't as involved in the fight against Voldemort and Narcissa is still alive, barely but still...
Draco doesn't go to the order because of his mothers belives but more so because he needs Hermione in particular, to heal her. Neither Narcissa or Draco are fond of the other side and both of them are pretty hostile towards Hermione for most of the story.

Most of the fic takes place in Malfoy Manor and is about the healing sessions for Narcissa.
Throughout the tortures healing process, Hermione and Draco get to know eachother better and bond over their attempt to keep Narcissa alive.
Things change betweeen them when Narcissa wakes and the war takes a turn for the worst.
With Voldemort in power and Narcissa hating her, Hermione is in a terrible position. The safest postiton for her as a muggle born is close to the Malfoys and away from the battelfield.
But Hermione doesn't give up hope on ending Voldemort once and forall, even when that means that she has to stay trapped in the Manor as a personal healer for a woman that wants nothing to do with her and her lover forced to marry another woman. She will find a way to bring Voldemort down and she is going to do it right under his nose.

[˗ˏˋNat´ˎ˗ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was honestly a little skeptical because it's fanfiction of fanfiction, Manacled is already a great work and it felt like a rewrite to improve on what Manacled lacked, and I know that's an absurd prejudice on *my* part because that's what fanfiction is all about.

There are new things, these new things were what kept me hooked until the end, I genuinely wanted to know what was going to happen???

In the end, I did enjoy the reading, I read the fic in two days, maybe three days? I just couldn't stop reading. Lately, I've been dnf'ing fics and books because I lose interest in the plot, it definitely didn't happen with Lapsarian.

I would recommend this fic to someone who does not want to read Manacled for its dark content, as this fic does not contain rape or the plot of Handmaid's tale.

I also recommend it for anyone who really liked Manacled and would like to get an idea of what would have happened if things had been different, or if Hermione / Draco had made different choices.

[sher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.4!

im a fan of the author's other works so i thought i'd be able to race through this but personally it was a tough read and felt a bit clunky, there was a lot going on, however, i did want to see how everything tied itself together and how the story would piece together its ending.

[liya · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | first read 14/04/2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 | second read 17/07/2025

every universe it’s always been these two.


“𝘐𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. ”

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘙𝘰𝘯. 𝘓𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘴. 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳. 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺. 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢.
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘨, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.”