Marik had been following the human girl and wolf-beastman mother-and-son duo for a week. He made sure to keep his distance so he wouldn't alert Sisi or her son.
Luckily, he had been an apex predator for as long as he could remember, so stalking even the most alert prey was never a problem for him.
Though, this time, he wasn't stalking prey.
He was stalking his savior instead.
A week had passed since Sisi helped him at the riverside, and Marik began to evaluate everything he had learned about the pair as he continued following them day and night.
First, they had no fixed destination. They wandered aimlessly like two lost idiots. Sisi would gather branches while the little wolf boy, Jojo, attempted to hunt. Then they would settle somewhere safe, sometimes a cave, sometimes a tall tree with thick branches where they could sleep.
On top of that, Marik noticed something else: Sisi had a strange power over plants, almost like a faerie.
