Chapter 5
I BLINKED. WELL, THAT was a surprise. I hadn’t known my father was married to anyone. I probably should have considered it a possibility, but I hadn’t.
I breathed in slowly and breathed out just as slow. I didn’t want anyone to see me cry, especially over a man I didn’t know.
I swallowed. Instead of thinking about my father, I thought about the other part of what Alison had said. His wife couldn’t have any children. I didn’t think a witch had such restrictions. I’d never even thought of a barren witch.
“Then why doesn’t he simply... remarry?” I asked, pressing my brows together. Surely if an heir was so important, they would have a clause to allow him to find another wife.
I loosened my grip on the couch arm. An odd emotion struck me. It was cool, like a wave crashing to the
