Of Love and Duty

When your Duty lies with your family, there's little space for Love.
This is a lesson a young Prince has learned in the harshest manner -- This is a choice a young Witch has made to continue her line.
They weren't supposed to know each other's name, only to stick to an agreement that would benefit both, in a manner or the other -- a warm body to chase Dame Death's coldness away -- a child free from ties to ensure the continuation of a bloodline of Magic.

But everything changed when the names were spoken aloud-when the acquaintance was officially made. Because a known name bears the key unlocking the heart -- because a known name lets Love slip between the Prince and the Witch.

However, that Love was not meant to be, or to survive across Time and Space...