She’d stopped herself from spilling the secret, even to her best friend, after remembering the sage witches’ warnings of non-wicche knowledge, of sharing the truth with non-powers. Bonnie, too, had sat her down with a cup of soothing velvety hot chocolate to talk about the dangers of their potentially world-shattering secret. Even with those who were closest to you—even Ariadne, Bonnie said—it was never a good idea. It was a sad fact of life that those who you would trust with your life were often the ones who could inflict the most damage when put to the test. Selflessly holding on to the
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I never can take books seriously when they go on about having to hide magic from people in the modern world. Like, Harry Potter, full secret society and written for children, ok, I can go with that. Witches living regularly alongside everyone else but still keeping the scary dark secret, though? Nah. Be serious, mate, all anyone's going to think is that you're weirdly into crystals.
