#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.

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

who I couldn’t identify as he tried to drag her through an open portal to the Lycan

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

grabbed her by the hand, yanking with all

top of me in a sobbing

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

when she came out of her tent in the morning,

the weirdest dream,” Lori said as she came out of

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

grin. I’d observed him on enough overnight hockey tournament trips to know that he was a heavy sleeper. I couldn’t help

gonna go collect some

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 me

enough away

always protect you, didn’t

bit her lip as she bent down to pick up a piece of wood on the ground. She always looked cute

for a minute, but I had burning

guy,

asked.

a werewolf. He lied to me… serves me right for meeting strangers on the

said she met up with

my nerves so that I wouldn’t reprimand

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,

“Like what?”

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

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

eyes with

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

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