#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.

hey!” he said, as if he hadn’t followed us out here. I knew I should’ve stopped Luke! “Fancy seeing. you

squealing with delight. Despite what she had said in the cafeteria the

the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly

other guys. It’s a nice weekend for it.” 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 to warn me not to do it. I swallowed, my heart

you guys should camp with us!” Jessica

growled, glancing

fun. You’d be okay

be so dumb at the first sign of a hot guy to forget all of our 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 eyes seemed almost glazed over, 1 knew it to

was manipulating Jessica into inviting him

was no way out now. Regardless of what I said, he would. find a way to get

at my response, then looked up

so nonchalantly collected on his way to stalk me. “I’ll just

in… Graduate

of game was

could ask, Enzo

me, her

which I shrugged in return. There was

know what

it is,’ Lori growled, stomping back over to her tent and continuing to

I said, knowing that it wasn’t

dead in the morning, I thought

much to my dismay, James was

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

unaware that he would be barking up the wrong tree if he

Enzo could learn from.

walked over to me while I pretended to be fiddling with

“Hey,” he said quietly.

kept glaring at the ground, pretending I didn’t hear him. He crouched down in front of me and pulled something out of his pocket, handing it to

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