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."

story I've ever heard is filled with sweeping gestures, love at first sight, and at

looked at me made me feel like I was a specimen under a microscope. Our real story was too complicated, too intimate,

intervened. "We actually met at a bar. I know, I know, it's not a Disney movie, but

feigned surprise but her eyes twinkled with a kind of knowing mischief. "I could never

the rest is history." His eyes met

this 'instant connection' in a bar? I

back at Mila. "Yes, I did," I said, my voice lower and more timid than I wanted it

her wine glass down. "That's so interesting. I must say, I've

up," I said, feeling my wolf bristle again.

something else, probably another snide remark. But before she could, Tim chimed in, his voice carrying across

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