Chapter 0519

Nina

The door creaked open, and I tensed, expecting to see the stern faces of my parents, armed with a lecture or two.

Instead, it was Enzo. His eyes met mine, and he looked softer than I'd ever seen him. Tyler gave me a knowing smile, touched my hand briefly, and left, closing the door behind him.

Enzo hesitated, his eyes shifting from me to the ground. The room seemed to swallow us both, making his silence fill the space like thick fog.

"Do you think I'm crazy?" I finally blurted out, unable to stand the tension any longer.

He looked up, his eyes locking onto mine. "Put on something suitable for going outside," he said, his voice gentle but firm. "We're going for a run."

I glanced at the window, confused. "Now? A run? Enzo, it's-"

eyes flickering with an inner fire I recognized all too

kind of

of my dress

parents and their guests would be congregating. Finally, we reached the back door, slipped outside, and

mansion. Once we were

his eyes full of concern and

human forms melting away as our wolf forms took over.

at one another we took off, running through the forest like we had been locked up for years. The wind howled in my ears as we darted between trees, leapt over logs, and splashed

the first time in weeks, I felt at peace. The oppressive weight of the visions, the dread, the confusion-it all seemed to evaporate, leaving me

human forms, I looked around and realized where we were. The place was all too familiar,

It was Selena's grave.

of her funeral all over again. And yet, the grass had grown over her grave, the leaves on the trees had returned, and there was the

forest, hidden away from the rest of the world. A simple stone marker stood in the middle, Selena's name and dates

need to be here," Enzo

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