It’s your wedding day…. You are about to marry the love of your life Theo Nott. Who you’ve been with since school. His best man Draco comes to check on you there has always been tension between you and Draco and unspoken attraction. You walk down the aisle ready to marry Theo until Astoria Greengrass Dracos fiance announces she’s pregnant with Theo’s baby. They’ve been having an affair.
In the aftermath of war and loss, the wizarding world faces an unthinkable truth: their population is declining at an irreversible rate. With entire bloodlines extinguished and birth rates dangerously low, the Ministry of Magic enacts a controversial solution—the Marriage Law Contract. All witches and wizards over the age of eighteen will be magically matched with the person deemed most compatible with them, not only in magic, but in temperament, values, and long-term stability. Refusal is not an option.