Chapter 0446

"We'll all have to go," Lori said, tucking a strand of black hair behind her ear. "Close out the semester on a good note."

Lori's words were bittersweet. Because unbeknownst to anyone, Enzo had an announcement to make. A big, huge, life-altering announcement. And it was bound to ruffle some feathers.

We were silent for a few moments, staring out at the campus before us. I felt at peace for the first time in a long time. The Crescents hadn't reared their heads in some time, the Luna was dead, and our beloved town of Mountainview was safe once more.

But as I stared out at the athletic fields, I suddenly felt a pang in my chest.

There was something-or maybe someone-standing by the edge of the forest, watching. It was almost as though they were.. beckoning to me. I felt as though I could make out their features, their blackened eyes, their grinning mouth. They were coming to hurt me. To take away my peace once more.

"Nina?" Jessica's voice broke through my reverie. "You disappear again?"

I snapped back to reality, and blinked, realizing that what I had 'seen' hadn't been there at all. It was just a misshapen tree.

good," I said, forcing

concerned look. Jessica, putting her hand on my leg, said, "Nina, I think it's time you talk to

shaking my head. "I'm fine," I said. "And besides, it's not like a therapist

chimed in. "Please, Nina. Sometimes, when you disappear like that, it looks like you're not even in your body

handling my own trauma after everything that happened. No one no one could ever

out," I said, standing abruptly. "Enzo will

looked concerned, but neither

and I made my way to the hockey arena. I could already hear the distant clatter of sticks against the ice. When I stepped inside,

his familiar stance, the way he commanded the puck. And then there he

of

with. His eyes, a piercing shade of

our shared secret. Enzo's supernatural speed and agility weren't just the

player and a 'bad boy, but also a... werewolf. And I especially never imagined that I would be a werewolf too, and that this hockey player

a peculiar way of making things fall into place,

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