Willow and Creon had moved in together for College. Creon was an only child and Willow’s sister Olive had made it very clear that she wanted to live alone, so it made sense. Besides, they were going to get married right after anyway, so what difference did it make?



The two had their future all planned out. They would move in with Creon’s parents, raise their children (three at least!) and live happily in Strangetown together.



It didn’t come as much of a surprise to Willow when Creon took her out to the pool near the end of their first semester and started to fidget a bit.



After some stammering, Creon dropped to his knees and pulled out a ring.



Of course Willow said yes.



By coincidence, Olive was there as well. Willow’s future seemed all planned out. But what about her?



While Olive didn’t care much about having a family, there was one thing she needed to consider: Her duty. Grandma Muenda had made it very clear in the letter Olive had received so many years ago that the Muenda bloodline could not be allowed to die out. Now that Olive had received a taste of that magic power, she could only agree with her. She had to bear a daughter, an heiress to the Muenda magic.



Olive never did things by halves. Her research led her to an extinct magic bloodline, the DeMise. Diluted through bad alliances, the magic had finally left after three generations of sons. But when paired with a witch, even a second-generation-witch, the dormant power might still revive. The eldest son, Earl E. DeMise, would help Olive bear a powerful witch.



Of course, informing Earl about her reasons for choosing him would be no good. The magic had left his family line long ago. Even Olive’s own father didn’t know about his heritage, someone like Earl would never understand it.



Fortunately, it wasn’t too difficult to convince Earl to fall in love with her.


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