Theo agrees to be the wizard Mara's apprentice, but he quickly ends up working as her errand boy.
If he wants to actually learn magic, he'll have to pay close attention to the people around him—and in the process, he begins to uncover some questionable rumors about Mara, and grows closer to her rival's protégé, Felix. Theo only has one week to decide whether he'll commit to being Mara's student in the long term, despite his doubts, or return to a life without magic...
This is an e-book compilation, including chapters sixteen through thirty-one of B. Pigeon's queer low fantasy serial, A Hollow Contract, currently in its third season on Kindle Vella and the Estraven Homo Lit Society Patreon!