Chapter 31 My Party

#Chapter 31: Pity Party

Nina

I knew sleeping with Enzo again would have been a mistake. He didn’t even care about me enough to stay for the entire duration. Clearly he got what he wanted and realized that I wasn’t worth his time, so he bailed. When I got dressed and left the cabin, I didn’t see him anywhere at the party; he must have run off.

I jumped down the stairs and started to walk back toward the party so I could find Jessica and Lori and tell them that I was going home, but stopped when I overheard two of Lisa’s friends talking.

“Have you seen Lisa?” one said.

“Yeah,” the other replied. “She walked into the woods a little while ago. I just saw Enzo go that way, too.”

“Ooh!” the first girl said excitedly. “Do #cropter 38 Pity Party

you think they’re getting back together?”

The second girl giggled. “Obviously. Have you seen the way he’s been looking at her lately? Clearly he regrets messing around with that weirdo Nina and realizes that he’ll never do any better than Lisa.”

I didn’t want to stick around to hear

any more as tears started to well up in

my eyes. I just wanted to go home.

I ran down the trail that led back to campus. I kept running until I could no longer see or hear the people at the cabins. The waning moon was just a crescent in the sky, no longer illuminating the forest like it did the other night, so I pulled out my phone and turned on the flashlight so I could

see.

Eventually, I heard footsteps behind

my flashlight around #Chapter

approaching.

me,” I said annoyedly, turning back

couldn’t let you walk through the woods

know,” I

a moment before speaking

admittedly, it made me a bit curious. We walked in silence

there, anyway?” I asked eventually,

shifters, which are less evolved; like rogues. Those are the most

mean

and go feral. When they wake up in the morning –if they wake up– they won’t remember anything. Most don’t even know that

hill, then continued. “The next tier are those who can willingly shift into animals, but just regular animals. They still have a conscience while in their nonhuman form, but no powers. Believe it or not, many cats,

to my childhood cat, Mimsy. Was she a shifter? She was very #chopter

My parents always said she was just exploring, but

after that?” I

much larger, more powerful versions of animals. It’s not just that they have the ability to shift, but rather that there are

“Like split personalities?”

Usually, when a shifter of this caliber comes of age, their animal appears to them, and they share a soul. Their

all of its power.”

a

“Exactly.”

small clearing. From here, we could see the campus down

as I took in the view, but

what are you?

was silent for some time. He looked down at his feet. I couldn’t see his face, not that it would make a difference since he had no face, but I wondered if my question made him

not much of anything,” he said. ” Just a guy who fucked up and was cursed to live for all eternity. But not in a cool, sexy

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bones start to

I said. I couldn’t explain it, but I was starting to feel genuinely bad for this strange talking

“You get used to it. That’s why I decided to hang out in that anatomy lab. I like seeing all of the students come and

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