In this closed door version of MAGIC RESTRAINED, Maritza Brodeur - born to a witch in a graveyard in México and blessed with the ability to commune with the deceased and cross into realms where spirits dance and secrets are buried - is set to welcome her new apprentice over dinner. The moment they first see each other, Maritza watches her life come undone by the revelation of the Brodeur family curse.Alabastair Nekrosine--descended from a line of celebrated necromancers--has tended to the departed from the moment he could grasp a child-sized Death Rattle. Meeting his new mentor, his extreme confidence may salvage the evening's festivities--or cause his ruin. With less than twenty-four hours to answer the curse's summons, will Maritza and Alabastair reject its demands and suffer the consequences, or embrace the restraints of fate?