A lifetime of Curiousity and Devious Behaviour
It was my family's genetics, a witches curse, a distant relative into some arcane things blessing....none of my family knows. Here's what we do know but rarely talk about. About once a generation some one in the immediate or extended family will "inherit," shall we say....abilities. Powers. It comes with the onset of puberty, and most of the "gifted" ones had to be put down before to long.....the gift abused, driven mad with power and lust, or maybe the villagers just pitchforked...