The Witch’s Apprentice and the Wolf
“You think the world would entrust you with something truly dangerous? No, no. What you carried…”
She leaned forward, lowering her voice like she was about to share the secrets of the cosmos. Against my better judgment, I leaned in too.
“…was beans.”
I blinked. “…Beans?”
Her palm smacked the table, and she wheezed with laughter, shoulders shaking. “Magic beans! Old things got dumped into a potion that one of the young witches was making, and well, now we have magic beans! The enchantment clings, making them feel grander than they are. A bag of noisy legumes, child, and you thought it was something far grander.”
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