Chapter 0574

Nina

Enzo and I unlocked our hotel room door and walked inside. The darkness made me shudder, but even as I flicked on the light and a warm amber glow filled the room, I still felt uneasy. What was supposed to be a fun night had been ruined, and now I just felt empty and terrified.

"What do you think we should do?" I asked, sinking down onto the edge of the bed. My fingers worried at the hem of my skirt.

Enzo's face was pale, his usual calm demeanor replaced by a look of deep concern. He paced back and forth in front of me, clutching his hair. "I don't know, Nina. But if what she said is true..." He trailed off, his gaze fixed on some distant point.

"I think we should go home," he said suddenly, determination settling in his voice. "I'll buy plane tickets right now. As soon as we're back in Mountainview, we'll open a portal to the werewolf realm."

"And then what?" I asked, my voice trembling. "What would we even be able to do?"

He paused for a moment, biting his lower lip. "I don't know," he finally said after a beat of silence. "But it would be better to be there, surrounded by people who are well-versed in these sorts of things. You can go and visit your brother's witch. Maybe she can help."

As he spoke, my mind kept floating back to what the fortune teller had said; that this curse had spanned multiple generations, and that it came from dark magic. If even my mother, the Luna of the Alpha King, couldn't be cured, then how could I?

Before I could stop him, Enzo began rushing around the room. I watched in awe as he flipped open the top of his suitcase and began haphazardly shoving clothes in. That was when I finally rose, running over to grab him by the hands and pull him away.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

trying to keep

Alpha tone lacing his voice again. "But I'm not doing it anymore. We need to get you somewhere safe, somewhere protected. You don't want to lose

I shook my head, the practical side of me fighting against the rising tide of panic fluttering in my chest. "But you have work, Enzo. You can't just leave. This is important to you, too. That shouldn't be kept

suggesting that I put our baby at risk over a...

that's not what

my hands in his. His grip was tight; maybe even a little too tight. "You need to be somewhere safe. You have got to stop putting me first all of the time. You're

the fears I had been trying to suppress, the

of my nightmare from last night flashed in my mind-the shadow entity, the sense of impending doom, the vision of my baby dying before it even had a chance to see the world for the first time. It all felt eerily

whisper. "I'll go home tonight. I'll head straight to my parents in the werewolf realm.

widened in surprise. "Nina, I can't

squeezing it gently. "You have commitments here, Enzo. And I can handle this. I'm stronger than you

"But what if something happens

werewolf realm," I assured him, although my own voice trembled with uncertainty. "My parents will be there. And Luke can

eyes remained. "I just...

this alone."

said, trying to sound more confident than I felt. "And we don't even know for sure if

it's not?" Enzo's voice was strained,

I'll be in the safest place possible. And you'll be fulfilling your responsibilities here. We can't let

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