Chapter 0372

Enzo

I should have known that Selena would suddenly appear. I supposed that I got too comfortable thanks to Nina's strange powers; I should have pulled her away from the murals and continued on our journey.

But even if I did do all of that, maybe Selena would have found us anyway.

As I laid there on the floor, I felt as though there was a ton of bricks on my chest. An invisible force pinned me to the floor, making my limbs feel heavy and weak. The spell invaded my throat and my mouth, keeping me from speaking.

Beside me, Nina fell to the floor when she tried to lunge at Selena. I fell soon after. I tried to reach for Nina, as if touching her would somehow keep her safe, but I was too weak. Even moving my hand a few inches to try and touch her felt like daggers shooting through my flesh and bones.

Even then, I pushed through the pain in an attempt to get to Nina. I would let every fiber of my being rip to shreds if it meant protecting her. If only I could get just a little closer...

Selena saw me moving, and diverted her attention away from Nina. I supposed, in a way, was just glad that she was focused on me and not Nina. She stormed over to me and grabbed me by the hair, yanking my head back as she raised her hand to cast a spell that would kill me and leave Nina to suffer.

But she had no idea that I wanted this, and that I had a trick up my sleeve that I prepared long in advance Sᴇaʀ highest quality.

The antidote.

her rant about the history of humans and werewolves and the subsequent curse that was placed on the

I needed to

Nina somehow seemed to know what to

I ever thought she

have laughed, I would have;

digging the blade into her skin a little harder and causing red droplets of blood to fall from Selena's wrist onto the floor. "If you hurt Enzo, I'll kill us both. Neither twin can live without

body too well. She placed the blade just close enough to the artery in her arm-the one that could end in her death if it was cut - to be convincing, but I knew that she would never cut it. She just wanted Selena to think that she was going to kill them both, and she was doing

Nina jerked herself away and out of

Nina; she was looking right at me. In a way that was so subtle that Selena could never see it, Nina nodded ever so slightly. She was

my teeth, I mustered up what little

plunging

of her leg still. She yanked

her, pulling her close as soon as I could. My eyes searched her face as she screamed along with her sister, and all I could

Nina did turn back into a

after being squeezed shut. Through her tears, she looked up at me in surprise for a few moments

still clutching her leg as she stood and backed up

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