THE WITCH IN ME
~TATE POV~
The first thing I heard was beeping. That slow, annoying, robot-heart kind of sound that makes you wonder if you’ve woken up in a hospital or a spaceship.
My eyelids fluttered open, and the harsh white light above stabbed straight into my skull like knives.
Ugh. Death would have been quieter.
The clean air reeked of antiseptic, harsh and clinical, so unlike the earthy warmth of the twins’ scent.
My throat was dry, my head pounding, and for a terrifying second, I thought maybe I hadn’t fainted at all…Maybe I had been abducted by aliens. But then a familiar voice cut through the fog.
“Princess… you’re awake.”
Mathias.
I turned my head slowly, like I was made of stone. He sat beside the bed, one of his huge hands wrapped around mine, grounding me in a wa
