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#Chapter 28: Trust issues

#Chapter 28: Trust Issues

Nina

“What happened to you?” Enzo said as soon as I closed the door, rushing over to me and taking my shoulders in his hands and looking me over. I shrugged him off and limped across the room, where I kicked off my muddy shoes and sat down at my desk to rest my injured leg.

“You hired a talking skeleton to be my bodyguard?” I whispered, keeping my voice low so Lori couldn’t hear me.

Enzo folded his arms across his chest. ” Clearly you need protection, judging from your current state,” he replied.

I laughed. “I look like this because I was running from your bodyguard. You could’ve at least warned me.”

“Yeah, well maybe if you hadn’t run away from me last night and the night

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before, I would’ve had the chance,”

Enzo growled.

I rolled my eyes and went to stand, but a sharp pain shot through my leg and I fell back down on my chair with a groan. Enzo rushed over to me and kneeled in front of me. I pulled away as he went to put his hands on my leg and he looked up at me with an annoyed expression.

look at it,”

wincing as he put his hands

whispered. “It’ll just

my leg, the pain started to fade. The throbbing in my head faded as well, and soon enough I felt like I hadn’t fallen down a ravine at all;

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monster out there,” I said quietly, looking down

with worry in

your skeleton bodyguard and fell down a ravine. He showed up and fought it off. Said it was a…

are they doing here? You’re extremely lucky that

“You gave

stood and paced over

what it is exactly, but something about you is drawing these creatures to the campus,” Enzo said. ” It’ll only get worse from here,

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said, standing, “I can take care of myself. Tell your skeleton bodyguard to leave me the

brown eyes now burning the bright red color that

regretted it when I saw a pained expression flash across Enzo’s face. He frowned, the red fading from his

he said, tossing them

your bed. “You’re welcome.”

another word, he

and left me alone.

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and going after him, but he was already gone. Lori was still sitting at the kitchen counter, her mouth full of cereal,

she said.

sighed. “It’s nothing,” I replied. “Just

could tell that Lori knew something else was going on, but she didn’t pry. I returned to my room

the past few days swirled around my mind.