"Before you start reading too much into that," Sophia added with a soft chuckle, "I should explain. The apartment is in St. Gregory City."
She glanced between the two of them before continuing.
"From the name, you should already guess—it's practically run by the church. Well, not officially, but it's one of the cities with the highest number of churches per block. They even call it The City of Holiness. During my… research, I discovered something interesting: beneath the entire city, a massive ancient pentacle is drawn. Practically woven into the land itself. As long as we're in that city, X can't reach us. Not easily."
Her voice remained steady, her words convincing.
But Caleb wasn't fully at ease.
Somewhere deep inside, a small red flag waved. He couldn't shake the feeling that Sophia was still hiding something.
That she had another game running underneath this one.
He exhaled, pushing the thought aside.
