“What do you mean by impossible?” someone asked.
Professor Anwen sighed, clearly annoyed by all the interruptions.
“Impossible because every attempt ended in disaster,” she replied, “Shifters did try, many times. They took witches to their beds—sometimes with consent, sometimes by deceit, sometimes even by force. But none of it mattered. Every child born of such unions died long before reaching adulthood.”
Uneasy murmurs filled the classroom.
“Why?” someone whispered.
Professor Anwen’s mouth tightened.
“Because one of the covens placed a curse on their bloodlines. To preserve the purity of their bloodlines, they decreed that no witch child would survive if its blood was mixed with that of a werewolf. The only ones who can inherit inborn magical talent are pureblooded witches and wi
