#Chapter 57: The Cumb

Enzo

I was awoken by the gunshot just seconds before James came running back to camp.

“Enzo!” he yelled. “Enzo! Nina’s in trouble! There’s something out there!”

I didn’t need to hear any more. I quickly unzipped my tent and ran out, having kept my clothes and shoes on in case of an emergency. Unfortunately, the other campers were also awoken by the gunshot, and were already coming out of their tents with panicked looks on their faces.

“What’s happening?” Jessica asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

I cursed to myself as I realized that I would have to wipe all of their memories of this night. I wasn’t nearly as good at it as Edward, but I had no choice. I couldn’t have them following

me out into the woods and potentially seeing a shifter, or worse; I couldn’t have them getting killed.

“Get back in your tents and go to sleep,” I said as I borrowed Fio’s power to daze the group all at once.

They all stopped moving in unison,

their eyes widening as they began

blinking slowly. I hadn’t used this ability in so long that I had forgotten how easy it was to daze humans; the fact that Nina couldn’t be dazed, even by Edward, was solid proof that she couldn’t possibly be entirely human.

“This was all just a dream,” I said.

nodded. James shuffled back to his tent in a daze and climbed inside while everyone else slowly zipped their tents back up. Once I was certain that they were under my spell, I cursed to myself once again and turned on my heel, sprinting into the woods and using

against a man who I couldn’t identify as he tried to drag her through an open portal

myself to run even faster. He was fully through the portal now aside from his arm, which was dragging Nina by the ankle. When she saw me, she reached for me, her teary eyes begging for help as her foot started to disappear inside the

with all my might and freeing her from

me in a sobbing heap while

although I would have if she had asked. Instead, I chose to keep watch through the window of my own tent to make sure she was okay. I

judging from the dark circles under her eyes when she came out of her tent in the morning, she didn’t look like

had the weirdest dream,” Lori said as

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

tent with a grin. I’d observed him on enough overnight

said, pulling her boots on. “I’m gonna go collect some firewood

was still rubbing the sleep from their eyes. She didn’t seem to mind the company; surely, after what happened the night before, she wouldn’t push me away quite

said quietly once we were far enough away from the group. “I don’t know what would’ve happened if you hadn’t shown

that I’d always protect you, didn’t I?” I

of wood on the ground. She always looked cute when she bit her lip like that, and it made me

but I had

guy, didn’t you?”

asked.

nodding. “I did. I didn’t know he was a werewolf. He lied to me… serves me right for

was the guy Luke said she met

to begin with?” I asked, calming my nerves so

a forum he called himself K —

“Like what?”

know now that he was the very monster he

to pry any further. Setting down my bundle of wood, I walked up to her and took the wood from her hands, then

her teary eyes with her sleeve. “I shouldn’t be acting like this, not

let out a sigh. “Nina, we’re not back together,” I replied. “When will you learn that I’m not

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