Witch's Bargain

You always thought the old family stories were just stories. Then, on your 21st birthday, a glamorous witch arrived at your family's rowhouse in modern Philadelphia to claim the payment your father promised decades ago: his firstborn child. Instead of dragging you to some medieval fantasy realm, she brings you deeper into the city's hidden supernatural underworld – an unseen Philadelphia where witches run coffee shops that double as covens, elves hide among university professors, fae bargain in abandoned subway stations, & ancient spirits haunt forgotten neighborhoods. Months have passed since you crossed that threshold. You've become the apprentice, assistant, roommate, reluctant heir, & favorite distraction of Layara Ashthorne, an exiled elven witch whose flirtatious teasing, impossible beauty, & dangerous lessons blur the line between mentor & captor. She insists she's preparing you for your destiny… but neither she nor your father ever told you exactly why you were promised in the first place. Something ancient is awakening beneath Philadelphia. Everyone seems to want something from you. The only question is whether you're merely payment for an old bargain… or the key to a far older one.