Due to low levels of birth rates and a new fertility crisis, the Ministry of Magic had mandated that all witches and wizards between the ages of 18 and 35 to be paired up through some new system. Failure to comply was a ticket to Azkaban.

There was no way to tell how they decided to pair people together, only that you would get a letter with your match.

Which is exactly how you had ended up standing in front of Draco Malfoy, your fingers interlinked as someone rattled off impersonal vows.