I let my mind wander as Echo slept. I thought about all the things I wanted to introduce her to. I thought about the curse and what may have started it. Could it actually have been about a woman?
If Grace Aimes was Grigori’s Solus Amor, then it almost made sense. Her father arranged a marriage with a powerful witch family. He spent a lot on the dowry to make her more appealing. Losing his chance for the combining of the two families would have ruined him.
Modern day Americans didn’t like the idea, but most of them wouldn’t exist without an arranged marriage or two in their family history. My parents had arranged my marriage to Emma. They wanted to combine our family with the neighboring family.
They were friends since childhood and their farms were right near each other. We’d lived w
