Chapter 40

Sophia laughs at her confusion, a sound that echoes through the desolate corridor, seemingly finding amusement in Marisol’s poorly concealed misery. “Cedric is a ticking time bomb, and your curiosity just had to push you right into the danger zone, didn’t it? Consider yourself lucky to even stand on your own two feet right now. Real lucky.” She snarks like Marisol couldn’t already see the malicious undertones of her words.

Marisol’s mind races with the new discovery, trying to piece together the fragments of information she had. Cedric, the red wolf, was evidently a menace, but the particulars of his transformation are, once again, another mystery, the word now synonymous with Redwood itself.

“But…” she started, but Sophia had already whipped around with a scoff, deeming the conversation over and leaving Marisol to stand alone with the added weight of the new revelations settling heavily on her shoulders.

After Sophia was long gone, Marisol resumed her journey to t