"She is terrified of her family finding out," Marcus replied. "She gave me the impression that they wouldn't be supportive at all." If Octavia found herself pregnant against her will, Marcus would have probably bribed someone with a share of his fashion house so they would marry her. Or go with the option Miss Binns had mentioned -- send her to some distant relative and then leave the child somewhere. He would then make sure that her child was well cared for and, when they were old enough, he'd teach them everything he knew about dress-making, so they could work for him.

But not all people were as romantic as him about those things.

"Surely, with magic there are ways?" Marcus asked carefully. "A potion, perhaps?"

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