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.

quickly veiled by that

"Nina, I didn't mean-"

where a red mark was beginning to form from where he had

to my feet, the tears that I'd been holding back now

"I didn't mean to="

on Matt, on this slice of Enzo's world that I had invaded, and Iran. My footsteps sounded heavy, each one echoing my growing sense

made my way back out onto the 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

doors of the arena, out into the cool night. I ran, letting my feet

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Nina

even the cool evening breeze couldn't lift the heaviness weighing down on me as

the empty athletic fields, and it wasn't until I

was located along one of the many walking trails that the campus boasted. It was flowing in full force thanks

werewolf healing, the red mark Enzo left on my arm remained as a vivid reminder. It was a painful imprint not only on

wolf to

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