“I wished so many times my dad wouldn’t come home that summer. The house was happier, it was easier to breathe, and I didn’t feel like I was doing anything wrong.” Until Richter came home. To see her magic shining brighter and the weeks from under his thumb allowed his daughter to flourish.
Even more beautiful and powerful than he believed possible, Richter had tried to nurture the magic inside of her to his will. But when Hannah refused? He started looking for ways he could have the magic under his control. “How did he find out about you and Ambrose?”
Hannah winced as she remembered, her husband coming back and standing behind her chair making her breathe deep. “He thought mating me to another witch would lead me to get pregnant by them. He hoped for a boy, for me to have a son.” Beca
