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."

live in the mansion permanently. If I lived there, I knew that I wouldn't have 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

walked for a long time in complete silence, holding hands 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

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

were now frozen in time, like little white drips of wax sitting on the side of a candle. I imagined that this would be a nice spot to sit and read during the nice weather; and somehow, 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 ability to sense her energy here. I closed my eyes for a moment and imagined her laying on a blanket in the forest with books surrounding her. Not much was known about Selena and her real interests, but I liked to imagine that she was an avid reader. She probably spent a lot of time reading romance novels, which was why she was so taken with Enzo and adamant

true self come out when she occasionally broke through the Luna's spell. 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

I felt Enzo's arm slip around 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 was time for a real army,

I chose to

memories there. Every way I turned, I saw the horrors of what had happened that semester; I saw Edward, Tiffany, Justin, Lisa, Ronan. I saw the blood-soaked floors of the hockey arena after the rogues broke in. I saw all of 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

to stand there and look down at the frozen stream.

hours," Enzo said

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