#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.

that they were under my spell, I cursed to myself once again and turned

was fighting with all of her might against a man who I couldn’t

her, asshole!” I yelled, pushing 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

yanking with all my might and freeing her

in a sobbing heap

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.

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

said as she

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

I slept like a baby,” Matt said as he emerged from his tent with a grin. I’d observed him on enough overnight

on. “I’m gonna

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

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

that I’d always protect you,

ground.

but I had burning questions that needed to

guy, didn’t

asked.

know he was a werewolf. He lied to me…

met up with in

him to begin with?” I asked, calming my nerves so that I wouldn’t reprimand Nina for being so

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

“Like what?”

I know now that he was

welling up in Nina’s eyes and decided not to pry any further. Setting down my bundle of wood, I walked up to her and took the wood from her hands, then pulled her into a tight hug. Much to my surprise, she relaxed into me.

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

we’re not back together,” I replied. “When will you learn that I’m not

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