A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

by Sangu Mandanna

Because each time something had tried to break her, she hadn’t become smaller. She hadn’t become something less. She’d become something more.

“I’m so sorry. I was so afraid of how much it would hurt if I asked you to stay and you said no that I never asked. I should have, Luke. I should have told you how much we want you here. Please stay. Stay.” He let out a shaky breath. “As long as you’ll have me.”