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,"

take over

equally pressing matter. Nina wanted to keep the baby. A swirl of emotions engulfed me: elation, dread, love, and a deep-rooted fear that gnawed at the

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 of leaving Nina alone, especially when

end of the book," Luke reminded me. "Besides, Nina really cares about your dreams. She wouldn't want you to

she made that abundantly clear," I said, recalling how passionately Nina had argued for us to maintain our own paths. "But what if something happens while I'm away? What if Edward comes back,

Alpha King. You really think

to asking for help. She's too worried about being a burden, even to

go back to being her bodyguard. If she

met Luke's, searching for any trace of reluctance. There was none. "You don't have to do that, Luke.

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

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

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