Lila’s POV
Running back to The Witches Hat, I hadn’t realised how long Tobi and I had been gone. As much as I wanted to stay in the woods wrapped in his warmth, I couldn’t let Moira down—not after everything she’d done for me. His laughter chased me down the path, and within moments he caught up, slipping his hand into mine as we ran together, breathless and grinning.
“Wait here,” I said, stopping at the bottom step of the old mansion. “If Moira sees me flustered and glowing, she’ll be straight on the phone to my parents.”
Tobi grinned, placing both hands on my hips and pulling me closer. “That’ll cost you,” he murmured.
Standing a step above him, we were suddenly eye-to-eye. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and smiled. His excitement was obvious—radiating from his touch, his eye
