#Chapter 56: Portal

Nina

“James… Run.”

“What?” he said. “I’m not gonna leave you out here.”

I cocked my shotgun as the yellow eyes continued to stare at me from the darkness, accompanied by the sound

of a deep, horrifying growl.

“You have to run, James,” I said, raising the barrel of the gun to point it at the creature in the forest. “Get Enzo.”

James grabbed my arm. “C’mon,” he begged. “It’s not safe!”

“Go NOW!” I yelled, spinning around and pointing the gun at him, tears in my eyes. James threw his hands up in surrender and backed away, then turned on his heel and ran off toward the camp.

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I turned back toward the creature, which was now emerging from the woods; it was a werewolf.

Not a rogue like the one I saw that night when I was running from Luke, though. Instead of some mangy, mutt- looking creature that appeared half human, this one was a huge, brown wolf that towered several feet over me. Its paws were bigger than my head, and the teeth that it bared were at least five or six times as big as the one that K had shown me around his neck in the coffee shop.

Had he even truly shown me a werewolf tooth, or was it all a lie?

My hands shook as I pointed the gun at the werewolf.

“Stay back!” I yelled, backing away. It only continued to approach me, saliva dripping from its massive mouth.

the giant

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the shoulder and sending me to the ground in agony. The wolf yelped in pain; I just barely managed to roll out of the way before it fell on top of me, blood pooling on

It was dead.

Or, so I thought.

wolf began to shift, massive legs and paws turning into

K

feet, backing away. He groaned and rolled onto his back, clutching his chest. I watched in horror

he healed, standing and

the muzzle of the gun focused on him, but as

my hands with ease

than one of

woods. I tried to fight, but he was so much stronger than me even in his human form that I felt helpless. All I could do was scream and hope that Enzo

his hand out flat in front of him like he was pushing on a wall and started whispering some strange incantation while I struggled against

first, but grew

are you trying to take me?” I cried, tears streaming down

“Unfortunately, I was asked to bring you back in one piece,” he replied, hoisting me kicking

one foot

what

Except…

in when I shot the gun,

a slightly

around and bit K as hard as I could in

out, dropping me as blood gushed out of his neck. I spat out a wad of blood and flesh on the ground, scrambling to my feet and starting to run

started to

way down and my vision blurred, but I

of her, asshole!”

running toward me. With the moon shining above him, he looked like a dark angel coming

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the portal. I felt my foot go in… It

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