Academy Of Beasts XXXI

I went to the Witches for help: I don't care if people think I'm betraying my friends. Sometimes, in order to protect someone, you have to risk them hating you.
But their help comes with a price, and before I know it, the Witches are calling in their favor.
Am I so foolish that I would put the people I'm trying to protect into harm's way?
Have I leapt over a hive of wasps just to land in a den of snakes?