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.

by that same

"Nina, I didn't mean-"

him off, holding my arm where a red mark was beginning

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

"I didn't mean to="

Enzo's world that I

How could the same hands that had once held me

burst through the doors of the arena, out into the cool night. I ran, letting my feet carry me away from the

The Shadow

Nina

the

sure why I was running, but I knew I had to. My feet carried me across the empty athletic fields, and it wasn't until I broke through

the campus boasted. It was

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

muttered, urging my wolf to

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