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Evangeline Danksworth had always felt like she didn't quite belong.
As the youngest of six children and the only girl, she had grown up surrounded by brothers who seemed to effortlessly fit into the expectations placed upon the Danksworth name.
For thousands of years, the Danksworth family had welcomed nothing but sons into their lineage. They were an old and wealthy family, known for their immense fortune, their prestigious name, and their generations of influence.
Evangeline's father was a renowned racehorse breeder, and she was raised in the countryside, surrounded by horses and the vast lands her family had owned for generations. She had always felt most at home there.
But being the first girl born into the Danksworth family in thousands of years came with its own kind of attention.
People talked.
Was she cursed?
Why a girl?
Why now?
Why her?
There were even whispers that Evangeline possessed the beauty and intelligence of every girl who had never been born into the Danksworth family before her. With her endless chestnut hair, porcelain skin, rosy cheeks, impossibly long lashes, and unmistakable country accent, she quickly became someone people noticed.
But beauty and a powerful name could not protect her from feeling like an outsider.
Now, Evangeline is entering Hogwarts, where her brothers have already made names for themselves and the Danksworth family carries a reputation of its own.
For the first time, she must step out from behind her family's shadow.
She must make her own friends, discover where she belongs, and decide what kind of wizard she wants to become.
But what happens when the values she has been raised to uphold begin to clash with her own beliefs?