#Chapter 139: Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf

Audrey Edwin and I only stood a few feet apart on the bridge, but it felt like miles. The cool night air nipped at my exposed skin, and I pulled my red cape a bit tighter around me, although it felt more like armor than to ward off the chill. “What are you doing here?” I asked, staring at his outstretched hand. “It’s not our weekly... meeting.” Edwin’s eyes, visible through the slits in his wolf mask, softened. The yellow glow I had noticed earlier seemed to dim slightly as he dropped his hand back to his side. “That’s precisely why I came looking for you tonight, Audrey,” he said. I felt my heart stutter at those words. He had come, even when he said he wouldn’t. He had come… for me. But Fiona’s words clanged through my head, ricocheting like silver bullets off the inside of my skull. Manipulator… I didn’t want to believe her. I knew I shouldn’t believe her. But despite my reservations, her words had made me… wary. “Why?” was all