#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.

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

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

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

forward and grabbed her by the hand, yanking with all my might and freeing her from the stranger’s

me in a sobbing heap while the

my own tent to make sure she

the dark circles under her eyes when she came out of

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

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

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

boots on. “I’m gonna go collect some firewood

about to 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

we were far enough away from the

I’d always protect you,

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

minute, but I had burning questions that needed to be

knew that guy,

asked.

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

was the guy Luke said she met

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

I didn’t believe you,” she said. “So I did research and found this guy on a forum he called himself K

“Like what?”

But I know now that he was the very

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. I thought I felt her sobbing quietly into my shirt, but

pushing herself away from me and wiping her teary eyes with her sleeve. “I shouldn’t be acting like this,

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

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