"To Be Continued in 'The Genealogist’s Challenge: Shadows of the Ancestors."

Cecilia’s secret marriage to Horatio was an act of love and a binding covenant, intertwining the Beauchamp belief in Wicca with the Blackwood lineage.

The day closed with an unspoken acknowledgement that the secrets buried in the lineage of the Blackwood family were about to be illuminated, for better or worse.

Blood-bound and gold-cursed. The line that dares not speak its name.

He paused at a record from the 1800s, his finger tracing the line of birth not officially recognised—a child born to a servant but bearing the unmistakable features of a Blackwood.

The implications of the DNA match extended beyond the walls of the lab, beyond the Manor’s ancient stones. It wove Evelyn into the tapestry of the Blackwood legacy in a way that was irrevocable and darkly significant.

With Abby being a direct descendant of the Blackwood lineage, her involvement in unravelling the family’s secrets takes on a new, personal dimension.

The original Earl was rumoured to have consulted a soothsayer, who prophesied doom should the family ever betray its roots.