Her grandfather was eccentric but very kind. He filled a fatherly role since her father was never around. Main character doesn’t know that her mom is not her biological mother. She was a baby when he met his to be wife. They had twins before he disappeared. She suspected that the reason he disappeared had to do with his magical abilities so she has mixed up a tincture to give to main character to keep her magical abilities from manifesting. She doesn’t believe in magic since the tincture dulls her senses to the point that she doesn’t notice magic at all. Her grandfather doesn’t know why her magic isn’t manifesting but he tells her it’s real and that the whole town was built to protect magic and its weilders from the outside world. She grew up listening his stories about his magical shop and their families abilities. She thinks he is crazy but loves that he believes.

She is devastated to hear that he died but when she comes home to Bridgewater, and inherits the shop, she starts to see signs that she always missed.