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-"

his eyes flickering with

kind

closet, I slipped out of my dress and into

parents and their guests would be congregating. Finally, we

Once we were far

asked, his eyes full of concern and

the next moment, we shifted, our human forms melting away as our wolf forms took over. I felt an overwhelming surge of freedom, as though this

forest like we had been locked up for years. The wind howled in

time in weeks, I felt at peace. The oppressive weight of the visions, the dread,

we stopped. Shifting back to our human forms, I looked around and realized where we were. The place was all

It was Selena's grave.

the day 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 a small, carefully maintained clearing in the forest, hidden away from the rest of the world. A simple stone marker stood in the middle, Selena's name and dates etched into it. It was a place of sorrow, but also one

to be here," Enzo whispered,

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