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,"

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

matter. Nina wanted to keep the baby. A swirl of

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

admit it's crossed my mind," I said. "I can't bear

end of the book," Luke

Nina had argued for us to maintain our own paths. "But what if something happens while I'm away? What if Edward

Nina is the daughter of the Alpha King. You really think

She's too worried about being a

go back to being her bodyguard. If she won't let me move into the

do that, Luke. Your contract ended months ago. You're free

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

cementing a bond that no contract could ever forge. It was more than loyalty; it was a brotherhood sculpted from the trials we had faced, a camaraderie born from shared secrets

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