Chapter 0426

Nina

Enzo and I returned home after visiting his father's house. As we drove home, the cold night wind blew in my face on the back of Enzo's motorcycle and the yellow crescent moon shone above us.

Seeing Enzo's father's house ransacked like that filled me with an odd combination of sadness and hope. It broke my heart that Richard's Beta disrespected him like that, but at the same time it made me only want to try harder to bring all of this to an end.

A little while later, we were pulling into the parking lot of the campus. Enzo parked the motorcycle and helped me off, and we were walking back to his dorm hand-in-hand when we suddenly heard the sound of shouting.

*Enzo! Nina!" Luke's voice rang out across the quad, followed by the sound of feet slamming on pavement as he ran toward us. Enzo and I both whipped around to see Luke running at us, his eyes wide and full of fear.

"What is it?" I asked, immediately feeling my heart rise up into my throat just from seeing the look on his face. "It's Lori and Jessica," he said quickly. "They're gone. Some Crescents came... They took them through a portal!" I felt my entire body freeze. It felt as though my heart stopped and time froze during that moment, and every muscle in my body tensed as fight or flight kicked in. The world spun around me, and for a moment I thought for sure that I would vomit.

*...took them," Luke finished. I had been completely absorbed in my own head for the majority of his sentence, and only caught the tail end. Beside me, Enzo was frantic.

"Where were they last seen?" he asked, his hand gripping mine tightly.

*The infirmary," Luke replied. "I was going to see them, and when I got there, I saw two Crescents manhandling them. One of them opened a portal, and then they all disappeared before I could get there. I tried to go after them, but it was too late by the time I opened my own portal. I don't know where they went."

Crescents to come and take them, and was no doubt trying to use them as a means to lure us there. I wasn't sure how two Crescents made it past our airtight defenses in Mountainview, but somehow they

shaky and thick with fear. "Call the recruits. Meet us at the athletic

Enzo and I ran like hell to the infirmary to prepare. Once we were there, we frantically filled backpacks with the antidote and various medical supplies because we knew what was potentially coming next: a battle. We needed to be prepared

think she'll kill them, do you?" I asked with terror in

the upcoming battle. I just hoped more than anything that the Luna wouldn't pull a nasty trick and kill my friends before we even got there... But, like Enzo, I had no way of knowing. The Luna was unpredictable and erratic, and she clearly had no qualms about needless

were meeting Luke and the recruits on the athletic field behind the hockey arena. Both hockey

come, step forward now.

moments as they tried to decide who would go and who would stay. Eventually, half

few recruits, some of Jason's team, Matt, and some of our hockey team. Jason and the others stayed behind with the intention of protecting the campus, which I was glad for. I knew that Enzo needed his Beta by his side to fight, so Jason would be extremely helpful in leading everyone else if

need to come," I whispered

"I'm your bodyguard. I'll be with you until the

words made me smile a bit. Enzo then gave his orders to everyone else, who then left with Jason to patrol the town. Meanwhile, the

across the athletic field. I

she screamed. "I'm coming with

me as Selena ran up to us. She came to

Enzo snarled. "You can't be

widened even further. She then looked at me with a pleading expression on her face." Nina, please!" she begged. "You can trust me! You know that I know that mansion

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