Seneca would understand Holly if she told her that she wanted Germander or his brothers dead. If she had been betrothed to a fourth son, she'd want him dead, too. Thankfully, her Papa cared for her future and hadn't and would never betroth her to someone unimportant like that. He would only betroth her to a fourth son if he had made a fortune and a name for himself by the time of their marriage.
"Do you think an illness will conveniently spread across the world shortly before you are to marry?" Seneca asked. During the Laughing Plague, there had been people speculating that it had been created by muggle-loving potioneers who wanted to wipe out all the pure wizards.
"Do you think an illness will conveniently spread across the world shortly before you are to marry?" Seneca asked. During the Laughing Plague, there had been people speculating that it had been created by muggle-loving potioneers who wanted to wipe out all the pure wizards.