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,"

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

my thoughts away from Edward and toward the equally pressing matter. Nina wanted to keep the baby. A

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

my mind," I said. "I can't bear the thought

book," Luke reminded me. "Besides, Nina really cares about your dreams. She

how passionately Nina had argued for us to maintain our own paths. "But what if

daughter of the Alpha King. You really think she'll be

doesn't mean she's invincible, Luke. Nina has this... this stubbornness when it comes to asking for help. She's too

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

was none. "You don't have to do that, Luke. Your contract ended months ago. You're free to live your life. Well... second life,

an alien language. "Contract or not, it changes nothing. My family died centuries ago, and you two

bond that no contract could ever forge. It was more than loyalty; it was a brotherhood sculpted from

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