Cedric blinked. The words refused to register, and at the same time, he felt his world shatter into a million pieces. His heart clenched with a pain unlike anything he had ever felt before, and a primal rage surged through him, threatening to consume everything in its path.
"What do you mean?" He gritted out, his steps threatening as he closed in on Leticia.
"I... I told her the truth," she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper.
"What truth!" Caleb asked this time. He feared for Cedric, but he was more than terrified of what Marisol's parents would do when they found out they'd lost their daughter again.
"I….. I told her that the only way to kill Guinevere is now that she's vulnerable in hibernation, and the only thing that can destroy her for good is a dagger. I told her where to find it."
"So you sent her to her death?" Caleb all but cried out. Leticia was at a loss for words, scrambling for what would be an appropriate answer at a time like this.