Chapter 0501

Enzo

The engine of my truck hummed softly in the background as Luke and I sat in silence, our eyes peeled for any sign of Edward's pickup. The dashboard clock read 11:37 PM, and we had been at this for hours. Fast food wrappers sat on the dashboard, the scent of greasy french fries and burgers filling the car.

I was hell-bent on finding Edward. But he hadn't shown his face again so far, at least not here, near the gas station where I saw him before, and I was beginning to lose hope.

"You know," Luke finally broke the silence, "Nina would skin both of us if she knew we were out here, stalking this deranged lunatic without her."

I chuckled, never taking my eyes off the rearview mirror. "I know. But you also know Nina. She'd do the same if she were in my shoes,"

not now that she's pregnant. Maybe common sense will finally take over that girl's brain,"

keep the baby. A swirl of emotions engulfed me: elation, dread, love, and a deep-rooted fear that

of quitting the new job?" Luke asked, reading my contemplative expression as easily as if

crossed my mind," I said. "I can't bear the thought of leaving Nina alone,

another chapter, not the end of the book," Luke reminded me. "Besides, Nina really cares about your dreams. She

"But what if something happens while I'm away? What if Edward comes back,

the Alpha King. You really

to asking for help. She's too worried about being a burden, even to her own father. What if she hides things just to avoid troubling

Luke cut me off. "If it comes down to it, I'll go back to being her bodyguard.

don't have to do that, Luke. Your contract ended months ago. You're free to live your life. Well... second life, that

just spoken to him in an alien language. "Contract or not, it changes nothing. My family died centuries ago, and you

more than loyalty; it was a brotherhood sculpted from the trials we had faced, a

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