Chapter 0606

Nina

By the time Enzo and I pulled ourselves away from our embrace, the clock read past four o'clock. I was beginning to feel restless, but Enzo was fast asleep. We had both dozed off yet again, although Enzo was more deep in sleep than I was.

With a gentle sigh, I carefully extricated myself from Enzo, my fingers trailing lightly over his arm as I did so. He stirred, his eyelids fluttering before he let out a contented sigh and settled back into sleep.

I couldn't help but smirk as I watched him sleep. He clearly needed it, and I wasn't going to wake him up.

But then my eyes caught it; the mark on his wrist. It was almost fully healed by now, but I could just barely make out the faint line where the bruise had been before. It wasn't so much the fact that he had the mark, it was the way he reacted when I pointed it out.

to injuries. Under normal circumstances, he likely could have pulled up his sleeve to have me look at it. He often liked to do

different. Something about Enzo's reaction when I had initially pointed the bruise out made me wonder if there was

A moment of

let my worries go for now and get dressed. I pulled a comfortable dress out of my closet and slipped it on, followed by a pair of slip-ons. It was just a casual

though, I slipped one of the talismans Elara had given me around my neck,

the delicious aroma of simmering spices and herbs wafted through the house, pulling me closer to the kitchen. My parents'

I entered the kitchen, I couldn't help but chuckle at

was donned in an apron that read "King of the Kitchen," Flour dusted his nose, and there was a hint of sauce smeared on his cheek. He stood over a pot of bubbling sauce,

the kitchen island, a glass

like someone has taken over the kitchen," I quipped, leaning against the

his face. "Ah, Nina, you've arrived just in time

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