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#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.

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 Fio to help

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

portal now aside from his arm, which was dragging Nina

grabbed her by the hand, yanking with all my might and freeing her from the

a sobbing heap while

to stay with her, 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 had put a protective barrier around the camp when I first got here that would keep out any unwanted visitors, but I worried that Nina would wake up frightened in the middle of the night. I

eyes when she came out of her tent in the morning, she didn’t look like she slept

I had the weirdest dream,” Lori said as she came out of her tent,

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

I’d observed him on enough overnight hockey

Nina said, pulling her boots on. “I’m gonna go collect some firewood so we can cook

let her go alone, so I followed her while everyone else 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

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

that I’d always protect you, didn’t

to pick up a piece of wood on the ground. She always looked cute when she bit her lip like that, and it

in silence for a minute, but I had

guy, didn’t you?”

asked.

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

that was the guy Luke said she met up with in the coffee

with?” I asked, calming my nerves so that

answered. “When you first told me you were a werewolf, I didn’t believe you,” she said. “So I did research and found this guy on a forum he called himself K — who claimed to have proof that werewolves exist. I know it was stupid, but I was desperate, so I met up with him.

“Like what?”

I know now that he was the

up to her and took the wood from her hands, then pulled her into a tight hug. Much to my surprise, she relaxed into

from me and wiping her teary eyes with her sleeve. “I shouldn’t be acting like this, not with you and Lisa

let out a sigh. “Nina, we’re not back together,” I replied. “When