#Chapter 54: No Coincidences

Nina

Jessica, Lori and I had begun setting up camp not far from where the businessman had been murdered when I heard twigs and leaves crunching in the forest.

Someone was coming.

“Oh my god,” Jessica complained as she fiddled with her tent poles, “this is impossible! Lori, I need help!”

“Guys,” I said, but they didn’t hear me.

“I just helped you two minutes ago,’ Lori said, standing and walking over to Jessica with her hands on her hips while Jessica whined.

“Shh!” I said, which made them finally go quiet. “Do you hear that?”

My heart raced as I listened to the footsteps. They were getting louder, and definitely headed directly for our camp. I glanced over at my tent, which had the shotgun inside- 11 I could just get over there before anything bad happened.

“Hello?” a male voice called out from the woods.

I knew that voice anywhere; it was Enzo.

And hearing it didn’t make me any less terrified.

He stepped out into the clearing, holding a bundle of firewood with a backpack on his back and a big, stupid grin on his face.

followed us out here. I knew I should’ve stopped Luke! “Fancy seeing.

in the cafeteria the other day about Enzo, she couldn’t hide her fangirl nature

inching toward my tent in silence, trying to get closer to the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly decided that we knew too much and

He looked over at me just as I w novelxo.com fast updateas about to reach into the tent for the shotgun, his eyes flashing red for a split second as if

should camp with

growled, glancing at

“It’ll be fun. You’d be okay with it, right,

morals, but her nonchalance toward him in the cafeteria the other day made me wonder now if he was using some sort of werewolf powers to make Jessica say these things… And when I saw how focused his eyes were on hers, and how her

Jessica into inviting him

now. Regardless of what I said,

another grin at my response, then

down the firewood he had so nonchalantly collected on his way to stalk

in…

was Enzo playing with

could ask, Enzo

toward me,

shrugged in return. There was no use discussing

sorry,” Jessica said. “I don’t know what came over me

over to her tent and continuing to set it up while she

I said, knowing that it wasn’t

in the morning, I thought to

boys returned; and, much to my dismay, James was

said as they entered the clearing with their things. I blushed, mumbling a quiet “Hey”, and quickly looked away as

walking over to an empty spot next to Lori’s tent, unaware that he would be barking up the wrong tree if

Enzo could learn from.

walked over to me while I pretended to be fiddling with my

“Hey,” he said quietly.

front of me and pulled something out

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