Chapter 0435

Nina

"Let's go for a walk," I said to Enzo. I nodded my head toward the forest, past where the groundskeeper was filling in my twin sister's grave with moist dirt. Over our heads, the wind was howling fiercely and the sky was darkening at a rapid rate while a freezing, sharp rain was beginning to fall.

Enzo looked a little surprised at my request to walk in this weather, but he didn't protest. "Lead the way," he said. I took his hand and led him past the groundskeeper, into the thicker part of the woods where the wind and the rain were less prominent. It felt a little silly to be walking through the woods in that weather while wearing a simple black dress, which had actually belonged to Selena, but I felt too compelled to walk and I didn't want to go back to the mansion.

"Where do you want to go?" Enzo asked curiously.

I shrugged. "Nowhere in particular. I just want to think clearly."

any worries for the rest of my life. All of my needs would be well taken care of, I would never need to worry about money again, and I could always be near my father. However, it wasn't home. Mountainview was my home. It was our home; mine and Enzo's. I didn't want to leave my friends, my town, or my campus just yet. And I was certain that Enzo

and listening only to the wind whistling overhead and the trees creaking against one another. The frost that lay on the hard ground crunched lightly beneath our feet, and altogether these sounds

didn't keep track of how long we walked for. It felt like hours, but neither of us cared. As werewolves, the cold didn't bother us very much. In fact, the cold made me feel invigorated and free, and filled me with an overwhelming urge to shift. Beside me, I could somehow sense that Enzo wanted to shift, too. It almost felt as though our wolves were sniffing each other out and urging each other

as I stood there and looked around, I suddenly got the sense that Selena did just that while she was alive. It was as though our twin bond gave me the

Other than that, the Selena that I knew was just a fabricated image, a facade. A puppet to do the Luna's bidding. And yet, in the end, she still managed to break through it and stop the Luna, even if it

me. His hand slowly slid up the side of my shirt and ran along my skin; not in a sexual way, but a comforting and loving way. He had hardly spoken all day, but his touch gave away all of his emotions. I could tell that he was more deeply sad about Selena's untimely death than he let on, but that he was also deeply relieved that everything was over- for the most part. For us, it was over. My father would handle the Crescents. Perhaps Enzo could eventually get his revenge on Lewis for disrespecting his father, but other than that, we didn't have any part left to play in this. It

chose to go back

the needless fights that I had with Enzo. I saw Richard's weak, dying body laying in Enzo's arms in the forest. In a way, moving to the werewolf realm was a way to have a fresh start. I would visit Mountainview, of course. But maybe it was best for it to be just

his finger along my waist again as we continued to stand there and look down at the frozen stream. I shivered slightly beneath

hours," Enzo said

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