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-"

of run," he interrupted, his eyes flickering with an inner fire I

That kind

slipped out of

where I knew my parents and their guests would be congregating. Finally, we reached the back

the mansion. Once we were far enough from prying eyes,

full

In 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

the forest like we had been locked up for years. The

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

no further, and then we stopped. Shifting back to our human forms, I looked around and realized where we were. The place was all too familiar, but I hadn't

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

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

you might need to be here," Enzo whispered, as if reading my

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