Chapter 0529

Nina

An ultimatum. The word hung heavy in the air between us, like a storm cloud threatening to burst. I felt my eyes widen, my pulse racing. An ultimatum? From Enzo, of all people?

"W-Why?" The word slipped out of my mouth before I could even formulate my own thoughts.

"Because I need to know you're safe, Nina. When I'm not here, I can't protect you," Enzo replied, his eyes still locked onto mine, intense and scrutinizing.

"But I can't just choose, Enzo. This is my home. And it's not fair for you to ask me to leave it like this," I argued, feeling the weight of his words sink in.

"Look, I know it's not fair. Life isn't fair," he retorted, the rigid line of his jaw and the stem set of his mouth the only hints of the emotional storm roiling inside of him. "But if something happens to you while I'm away because we didn't take every precaution, I'd never forgive myself."

our home. And what about school, my responsibilities here? I can't just drop everything because you've suddenly decided it's too dangerous for me to live my life," I shot back, my voice tinged with bitterness. "And don't say I can just open portals, because it's already draining enough as it is. I don't even know if I'd be physically capable of going through

Nina. You're pregnant, and it's a complicated pregnancy. You're already on thin ice. It's not just about you

in distress. I can take care of myself. I've been doing it for years before you came into my life," I countered, the

not saying you're helpless. But there are situations beyond our control," he said,

There will always be some kind of danger, some kind of risk. We can't live our lives in perpetual fear of the

we can mitigate those risks, Nina. Especially now, especially

control?" I shot back, the words slipping from my mouth

restraining himself from saying something he

I? Because it feels a lot like you're trying to control my life," I

"I'm not trying to control you.

Hated that I was showing this sort of

have 48 hours to decide, Nina. Either you go to the werewolf realm and stay with your parents, or I quit my job and stay

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