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 recognized

kind of

closet, I slipped out of my dress and

mansion, dodging family members and avoiding the areas where I knew my parents and their guests would be congregating. Finally, we reached the back door, slipped outside, and it felt like we could finally breathe

the forest behind the mansion. Once we were

full of concern and

forms took over. I felt an overwhelming surge of

we had been locked up

of the visions,

until our legs could carry us 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,

It was Selena's grave.

like she had just been buried, like it was the day of her funeral all over again. And yet, the grass had grown over her grave, the leaves on the trees

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

you might need to be here," Enzo whispered, as

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