“I’m so glad you’re here,” Matteo whispered into her hair, and Aurora sighed.
“Me too. I thought finding out that I’m a witch was scary, but all of this… Hearing about my parents, about who I really am, it was terrifying, to be honest.”
Matteo tightened his hold around her.
“I wish I had been there for you.”
Aurora smiled.
“It’s alright. Turns out, sleeping in the woods with a wolf really clears your head when you need it.”
Matteo froze beneath her.
“I’m sorry, you did what?” he tried to keep his voice calm, but Aurora could hear his heart beat faster, and she had to stifle the giggle that threatened to spill from her lips.
“Yeah, when things got too much, when I was overwhelmed, and I didn’t want to see the sympathy on other people’s faces anymore, I went into the woods with a bi
