Chapter 0544

Nina

We finally broke the tension by taking a sip of our milkshakes and digging into the fries. Somehow, the act of eating felt like an unspoken agreement to a truce-at least temporarily.

"You know, I'm good with your stipulations," Enzo said, catching my eye across the table. "And I'll make it a point to visit you in the werewolf realm as much as possible. We'll figure this out, Nina."

I sighed, playing with a fry as I spoke. "I wish it were that simple, Enzo. You know as well as I do that Mountainview is in a weird location-the veil between the realms is only thin enough here for portals to open here and nowhere else. And you can't open a portal yourself."

He put down his milkshake and looked at me earnestly. "Like I said, we'll make it work. I can fly back to Mountainview when possible, and Luke can open a portal for me. I'll be there with you before you know it."

sighed, stirring my milkshake with a straw. "I hope you're right. I'm just worried. What if I can't travel through the portals as the pregnancy

move heaven and earth to be by your side, Nina. You won't go through this

we needed to discuss. Taking a deep breath,

freezing around his milkshake. "What do

you, really?" For a moment, he

feel out of control," he finally admitted, his voice barely above a whisper. "With everything that's happening-the baby, the job, the looming separation, Edward, the burglar-I don't know how

that's not good enough and you know it," I said in a firm tone of voice. "We both went through hell with the war against the Crescents. And I know I'm not the only one suffering from the trauma of it. I have visions of a shadow entity haunting

looked up, his eyes meeting mine, full of a vulnerability he seldom showed. "I know, Nina. But

need to talk about it," I

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