Welcome to Charming, where swirling petticoats, the language of flowers, and old-fashioned duels are only the beginning of what is lying underneath…
After a magical attempt on her life in 1877, Queen Victoria launched a crusade against magic that, while tidied up by the Ministry of Magic, saw the Wizarding community exiled to Hogsmeade, previously little more than a crossroad near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the years that have passed since, Hogsmeade has suffered plagues, fires, and Victorian hypocrisy but is still standing firm.
Thethe year is now 1895. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
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Did You Know?
Did you know? Jewelry of jet was the haute jewelry of the Victorian era. — Fallin
With a large-ish family event tomorrow, and Christmas approaching, they had to share a bedroom. It had happened before, most notably on their honeymoon, but it hadn't happened during Adrienne's pregnancy or since. Cash changed into his pajamas and sat on the edge of the bed, watching her get ready for bed. It would be fine. It would probably be fine. He hadn't done anything strange in his sleep in months — at least as far as he knew. He ran a hand through his hair.
"I'm nervous," Cash announced, with a self-deprecating smile. He was trying to be more honest about his feelings, at least some of the time.
Even though they had everything properly with them at the Lestrange Manor, Adrienne still felt apprehensive there; not unlike an intruder, but still someone not entirely welcome and she wondered if her husband felt the same. There seemed to be something thrumming in the air she couldn’t quite put her finger on.
She put her robe on the chaise and threw the covers back as her husband’s voice broke through her thoughts. “You’re nervous?” She blinked, pausing with one knee on the bed. Perhaps that was what she was feeling. The idea of seeing everyone tomorrow…presenting Perseus to the entire family. Adrienne smiled back with a soft laugh as she continued to get into bed. “I thought it was just me.”
Cash smiled back at her, tentative. It came as a relief to know that he wasn't the only one, although he wished that one of them wasn't nervous. "Oh, no," he said, "Definitely not just you." He moved to his side of the bed, because if she was getting in he might as well stop sitting on the edge of the mattress.