Chapter 0643 Nina

*Does anyone else smell... humans?"

As the werewolf's voice rose above the din, Lori jerked her head up, her eyes widening with fear. Realization dawned across Matt, Enzo, and Jessica's faces, and I knew we needed to act fast. No one knew exactly where the scent was coming from yet, so I needed to get Lori out of here and reapply that perfume before anyone figured it

out.

Enzo, always quick on his feet, used his Mindlink connection with me to convey a message. "Nina, get Lori out of here," he said. "Slowly and casually, so as not to raise any red flags."

I nodded almost imperceptibly, my heart pounding in my chest. Enzo was right; slowly and casually. All we needed to do was slip out of the party undetected, reapply the perfume, and everything would be fine.

Without a word, I took Lori's hand and guided her to her feet. She understood immediately, and followed without a moment's hesitation.

"I swear I smell a human," the werewolf repeated to his friends nearby, still sniffing the air. "I think they're close, too."

Lori and I picked up our pace, our grips tightening on each other's hands. There was no telling what would happen if people found out that there was a human here, and I didn't want to stick around long enough to find out.

But as we walked, the voice carried over to us again, stronger this time. "Hey! Hey you!" he called out.

*Come on, Lori," I whispered, feeling her tense up beside me. "Just keep going."

"Hey!"

sounding casual despite the circumstances, "do you have a

guy said,

those girls alone. This is

was over. Lori and I were nearly at the door, and no one else had noticed yet. As we made our way through the crowd, I couldn't help but steal a glance back at our

nearby hallway. As soon as the door was safely shut behind us, I let out a soft sigh of relief and flipped on the light to reveal a small storage room filled with crates and boxes of various dry food products.

said, turning to face Lori.

etched with anxiety as she began to apologize profusely. "Nina, I'm so sorry," she

soft sigh. "It's not your fault, Lori," I said gently.

nodded, her eyes filled with regret. "I just hate this," she said quietly as she sank down onto a crate that was sitting behind her. "I thought we were... I don't know. I thought we were done with all of the bullshit the

voice barely more than a whisper. I sat down on the crate next to her and rubbed her

let out a wry chuckle. "But it's never really over, is

my throat, then finally shook my head and let out a chuckle

outside. Once our nerves were a little less tightly wound, I stood and turned to face Lori,

said with a soft smile. "Then we can go back to

gave us. But as her fingers fumbled inside her pocket, a

Lori gasped, her voice

sank as Lori spoke. "You're

said, standing and looking around. "It must

took a deep breath. I knew this wouldn't be the end of the world, but we needed to find that vial. "Okay," I said calmly, "let's check in here. Maybe it fell out when we were

and crevice of the little storage

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