Draco stared into the cold red eyes of a man. A man more infamously known as Lord Voldemort or you-know-who or he-who-must-not-be-named. He stood there tall and proud his eyes betraying nothing of his thoughts and emotions. He looked into those red eyes and saw all of his fears every demon he had staring back at him. However, he knew there was no way of escaping them so he bowed kissing the hems of the robes of the monster. He knew that he was sealing his fate for the rest of his life but he bowed. He broke the first rule he ever learned Malfoys bow to no one. He was extremely afraid when he was told to kill Dumbledore as his mission he knew it was a suicide mission. He knew this was a punishment for his father for failing to retrieve the prophecy. After his marking he was dismissed and when he got home he went to his mother.
The first words he said were," I've been bound to a demon mother."
Narcissa promptly burst into tears and he had to stay and comfort her throughout the night.
When he had to go to Hogwarts for his sixth year he wasn't thrilled for he knew his death was imminent. As he desperately tried to hold himself together throughout the year the more he realized it was futile to try and succeed. He moved to fix the cupboard and find a way to let the death eaters into the school. As he stood there looking at the old man he was to kill he began lowering his wand and whispered the last words the man was to hear," I've been bound to a demon."
As he escaped he looked in the direction of the pillar and saw one Harry Potter standing in shock at what just occurred. After Voldemort fell he said nothing just huddled with his mother and father staring out at the aftermath of a war that had spanned over two decades. When he finally spoke to Harry Potter he said," We're bound to a demon." Harry had gotten angry at him and yelled for a while but in the end all he could say was," Yes, we are bound to a demon." In that moment he knew there was someone else who understood what made people fear Voldemort.
It wasn't that he was a Dark Lord but, that he was the personification of all of one's inner demons and fears.