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

spoke. "Then I will move heaven and earth

words, and I wanted to believe him. But my gut told me there was more we needed to discuss. Taking a deep breath, I shifted gears. "Enzo, I'm worried about you too. Not just the

hand freezing around

been...different lately," I said cautiously. "More aggressive, angrier. What's going on with you, really?" For a moment, he didn't speak. His eyes were downcast,

that's happening-the baby, the job, the looming

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 me, sure, but that doesn't mean you're not hurting just as much. There's no way this is all just about

he seldom showed. "I know, Nina. But it's hard for me to talk about it. Especially now, when everything

why we need to talk about it," I insisted, but he

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