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,"

pregnant. Maybe common sense will finally take over that girl's brain," Luke replied

the 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

Luke asked, reading my contemplative expression as easily

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

all been through hell and back, Enzo. A baby is another chapter, not the end of the book," Luke

if something happens while I'm away? What if Edward comes back, or

Alpha

has this... this stubbornness when it comes to asking for help. She's too worried

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

searching for any trace of reluctance. There was none. "You don't have to do that, Luke. Your contract ended months ago. You're free to

family died centuries ago, and you two are like a second chance at

that no contract could ever forge. It was more than

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