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.

veiled by that same wall of

"Nina, I didn't mean-"

mark was beginning to form from where

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

"I didn't mean to="

the rest. I turned my back on him, on Matt, on this slice of Enzo's world that I had invaded, and Iran.

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?

I ran, letting my feet carry

The Shadow

Nina

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

but I knew I had to. My feet carried me across the empty athletic fields, and it wasn't until I broke through the line of trees that I finally slowed to

to a small stream that was located along one of the many walking trails that the campus boasted. It was flowing in

to hold back a new wave of tears. This was too much. Even with my werewolf healing, the

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

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