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Chapter 0555

Nina

"Well?" Mila asked, as if she were somehow sensing my trepidation. "How did you and Enzo meet?"

Where could I even begin? Enzo and I had met at the bar on the night that my ex-boyfriend cheated on me, we had a one night stand, and then proceeded to spend the following months not only pining for each other, but also battling werewolves, making undead friends, and fighting in wars that neither of us signed up for.

"We... met in college," I said, choosing to keep it simple. College was neutral, uncontroversial, but even as I said it, I knew I was holding back an entire universe of complexity.

"In college? Really?" Mila smirked, swirling her wine around in her glass. "That's what you're going with?"

I blanched. "Well, it's the truth."

that you're not sharing with us. Every romantic story I've ever heard is filled with sweeping gestures, love at first sight, and

of pink. The scrutinizing way Mila looked at me made me feel like I was a specimen under a microscope. Our real story was too complicated, too

a bar. I know, I know, it's not a Disney movie, but it's the

Mila feigned surprise but her eyes twinkled with a kind of knowing mischief. "I could never picture finding my soulmate while dodging spilled beer

in stride. "Well, crazier things have happened. We met and had an instant connection, and the rest is history." His eyes met mine, and

closer. "So, Nina, you're telling me that you found this 'instant connection' in a bar? I never

at Enzo, who shot me a supportive glance, then back at Mila. "Yes, I did," I said, my voice lower and more timid than I

say, I've never been the type to pick up

I said, feeling my wolf bristle again. "But we

snide remark. But before she could, Tim chimed in, his voice carrying across the table in that signature charismatic