#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.

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

who I

the portal now aside from his arm, which was dragging Nina by the ankle. When she saw me, she reached for me, her teary

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

fell on top of me in a sobbing heap while the portal

up as the sun rose. I stayed awake all night, watching Nina’s tent; she hadn’t asked me 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

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

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

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

Matt said as he emerged from his tent with a grin. I’d observed him on enough overnight hockey tournament trips to know that he was a heavy sleeper. I couldn’t help but smirk

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

eyes. She

last night,” she said quietly once we were far enough away from the group. “I don’t know what

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

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 want

wood in silence for a minute, but I had burning

that guy, didn’t

asked.

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

the guy Luke said she met up with in

I asked, calming my nerves

K — who claimed

“Like what?”

You’re all monsters. But I know now that he was the very

not to pry any further. Setting down my bundle of wood, I walked up to her and took the wood from her

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

not back together,” I

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