Chapter 0688

Nina

I leaned back against the airport terminal wall, scrolling anxiously through my recent texts to Enzo. There was nothing new, aside from my frantic messages asking where he was. My calls had been going straight to voicemail all morning, just like they had been the night before.

Even though dread was threatening to take over me, I tried to hold onto some hope. Maybe he had forgotten to charge his phone again. Yes, that had to be it.

"He'll probably be here any minute," Jessica said, her blue eyes following my concerned gaze down the empty airport terminal. "Give it another few minutes."

I mustered a strained smile. She had been saying that for the past twenty minutes, and yet he still hadn't shown up.

Still, seeing no signs of him emerging as the plane emptied, my palms grew clammy, my pulse quickening. Finally, the last tired stragglers passed through the gate.

No Enzo.

My throat tightened. Please, no. Had something happened?

"I'm going to talk to an employee," I said. Jessica met my gaze and nodded, unease darting through her own eyes. Offering Jessica a stiff smile, I slipped over to the counter. "Hello," I said, trying my best to keep my voice steady. “My husband was supposed to be on that plane, but he's not here. Can you check for me?"

The agent looked up at me over her wire-rimmed glasses and shot me a curious look. "I suppose," she said, sounding a little annoyed. I watched as she tapped away on her keyboard, my fingers worrying the hem of my shirt beneath the counter.

"Name?" she asked.

"Enzo Rivers."

to herself. "Looks like a passenger by the name of Enzo Rivers never boarded when the plane departed three hours ago. He must have

swallowed. "You're sure?"

said. "I can make an announcement

With that, I returned to where Jessica was waiting for

in my eyes but I choked them back furiously. I had to focus on how

sure?" she asked. "Maybe he just missed the plane, so he

nothing new. Nothing since thirty

main office back at HQ, where everyone was gathered: me, Luke, Lori and Jessica,

back, either," Mart said, slipping his

calling Enzo multiple times, but no answer. What was even more worrying was that his phone had been ringing last night, but now it went to voicemail each time we called, meaning

I should go back to the supernatural realm, tell your father-" Daphne began, but I cut her off with a

I won't trouble him without more information. I need to be certain that something bad happened before we

My heart was lodged painfully in my

I thought to myself, not when Enzo had gone missing the same day. But I had to

fought to hold my voice

the computer keyboard.

"Yeah. Maybe."

hurdling thousands of feet above the earth. The sun was making its climb into the sky, but from up here it almost looked like sunset already. Normally, I would have been busy marveling over the

have been home this morning. He should be in my arms now, but

hell

relentless whirling of my thoughts. I forced myself to meet his steady eyes, which grounded me even though we were thousands of feet in the sky. He had always had this uncanny ability to pull

your leg for the past ten

right; I had been twitching my leg nonstop, bouncing it on the ball of my foot.

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