Cash didn't understand why people always seemed so surprised by the Unbreakable Vow; of all the things Lucius did, the Vow seemed to be one of the less shocking. But all of these people who ought to know already — Theo, Ford, (Eli) — were so astonished whenever the Vow came up.
"I wanted —" Cash sighed. "I was never supposed to be able to play professional Quidditch. He was never going to let me. But — your father offered me first-string. So I had to ask. And we made a deal." He'd been so young. Cash could never think about it straight-on, but: if he was given the choice again, he wasn't sure he would make the Vow.
The tenets of the Unbreakable Vow lived in his bones whether or not he wanted to think about it. He wasn't looking directly at Theo, now — he was looking somewhere past him, at the blank wooden panels of the stadium wall. "I cannot publicly disgrace the family," he said, "I cannot move out of Lucius' house until I marry. Seneca was not allowed to go to my Quidditch games. We're required to get lunch once a week."
He sighed. "And — he picks what I do, after Quidditch."
"I wanted —" Cash sighed. "I was never supposed to be able to play professional Quidditch. He was never going to let me. But — your father offered me first-string. So I had to ask. And we made a deal." He'd been so young. Cash could never think about it straight-on, but: if he was given the choice again, he wasn't sure he would make the Vow.
The tenets of the Unbreakable Vow lived in his bones whether or not he wanted to think about it. He wasn't looking directly at Theo, now — he was looking somewhere past him, at the blank wooden panels of the stadium wall. "I cannot publicly disgrace the family," he said, "I cannot move out of Lucius' house until I marry. Seneca was not allowed to go to my Quidditch games. We're required to get lunch once a week."
He sighed. "And — he picks what I do, after Quidditch."
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