Chapter 0790

"You can tell me," I finally choked out. "I just want to know if he..."

"He was alive, last I saw him," he cut me off, giving my hand a firm squeeze. "But... there was so much happening, Nina."

Despite the hope in his words, I could see the true emotion in his eyes: uncertainty. Hot tears began to prick at the backs of my eyes, and I quickly looked down at our entwined hands to bolster myself.

"Tell me everything you remember," I whispered.

By the time Enzo was finished telling me the story of how he survived the fires, what happened to Mila and my father, and how he got here, I felt as if a part of me had been hollowed out from the inside.

"So he... he really went after her?" I asked. "Just like that?"

Enzo nodded. "I'm sorry, Nina; all I know is that they went westward. What happened after that, I..."

the chances were incredibly slim. "We have

firm, his grip on my hand even firmer. "No, Nina. We

father. He's

growing more and more by the day lately

the same crazy bastard who went chasing after a dragon-wanting to refuse. But I knew that Enzo was right. I

a strand behind my ear. "I know you, Nina. I know you want to be the heroine,

blinked them

said softly. "I don't mean to hurt

I forget that I can still do my part without jumping right into the fray. And that... that chasing down a Dragon Queen and an Alpha King isn't the only way to protect the people I care

had been ever since that strange dream. And there, in the

have to tell you something," I said. "Something that pertains to keeping

cocked his head, listening intently as I slowly recounted everything the dreams, the journal, the moonstone, the warnings from my dead twin sister. I told him everything, even if it hurt,

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