#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.

out here. I

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

to the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly decided that we knew

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

guys should camp

Lori growled, glancing at

replied. “It’ll be fun. You’d be okay

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

Jessica into

out now. Regardless

another grin at my response, then looked up at the

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

As in… Graduate

game was Enzo playing

I could ask, Enzo

me,

which I shrugged

sorry,” Jessica said. “I don’t know

Lori growled, stomping back over to her

okay,” I said, knowing that it wasn’t Jessica’s fault. “Maybe it

all be dead in the morning, I thought

and, much to my dismay, James

blushed, mumbling a quiet “Hey”, and quickly looked away as

up the wrong tree if he tried to get

Enzo could learn from.

Enzo walked over to me while I pretended to be

“Hey,” he said quietly.

the ground, pretending I didn’t hear him. He crouched down in front

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