Chapter 0536

Countless practices, games, and scrimmages had been spent running around like this, checking on injuries, and so I was prepared. But not for this. I slipped as I ran up to him, falling to my knees by his side.

"Enzo! Are you okay?"

He was pushing himself up when I reached him, his hand coming away from his face smeared with blood. Matt skated over, concern etched on his face. "Dude, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Enzo snapped, getting up.

But the look he gave me was one of frustration. "Nina, what are you doing here?"

"I was worried about you," I said, standing and reaching for his face to examine the cut.

He recoiled, pushing my hand away. "I said I'm fine!*

His shove was stronger than he intended, I could tell, but it sent me staggering back. I tripped over my own feet and landed back on the ice, pain shooting through my arm as it took the brunt of my fall. I looked up at Enzo, my eyes meeting his, and I saw a flicker of something-remorse, maybe, or regret.

was quickly veiled by that same

"Nina, I didn't mean-"

was beginning to form from where he had shoved me."

to my feet, the tears that I'd been holding back now spilling over. "You don't get to push me away, both metaphorically

"I didn't mean to="

to hear the rest. I turned my back on him, on Matt, on this slice of Enzo's world that I had invaded, and Iran. My footsteps sounded heavy, each one echoing my

quad, my arm throbbed in sync with the pain in my heart. How could the same hands that had once held me so tenderly be the source of my pain now? Luke was right: this wasn't like Enzo. Not at

into the cool night. I ran, letting my feet carry me away

357: The Shadow

Nina

been a comfort to me. But even the cool evening breeze couldn't lift the heaviness weighing down on me as

me across the empty athletic fields, and it

trails that the campus boasted. It was flowing in full force thanks to the summer rain, and

fallen log, my eyes stinging as I fought to hold back a new wave of tears. This was too much. Even with my werewolf healing, the red mark Enzo left on my arm remained as

okay?" I muttered, urging my wolf to respond, to offer some kind of wisdom that

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