#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 ladies

Jessica said, practically squealing with delight. Despite what she had said in the cafeteria the other day about Enzo, she couldn’t hide

continued inching toward my tent in silence, trying to get closer to the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly decided that we knew too much and that he’d need to kill

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

you guys should camp with

growled,

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

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

manipulating Jessica into inviting

knowing that there was no way out now. Regardless of

flashed another grin at my response, then looked up at

setting,” he said, walking over to our fire pit and setting down the firewood he had so nonchalantly collected on

in…

game was Enzo

could ask, Enzo

toward me, her eyes

to which I shrugged

“I don’t know what came over

what it is,’ Lori growled, stomping back over to her tent and continuing to set it up while she

said, knowing that it wasn’t Jessica’s fault. “Maybe it will be

dead in

returned; and, much to my

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

spot,” Matt said, walking over to an empty spot next to Lori’s tent, unaware that he would be barking up the wrong tree if he tried to get with her. James picked a spot opposite my

Enzo could learn from.

over to me while I pretended to be fiddling with my

“Hey,” he said quietly.

front of me and pulled something

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