#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.

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

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

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

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

on top of me in a sobbing heap

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.

from the dark circles under her eyes when she came out of her tent in the

weirdest dream,” Lori said as she came

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

like a baby,” 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

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

everyone else was still rubbing the sleep from their eyes. She didn’t seem to mind the company;

for last night,” she said quietly once we were far enough away

I’d always protect you, didn’t

up a piece of wood on the ground. She always looked cute when she bit her

a minute, but I had burning questions that needed to be

that guy,

asked.

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

guy Luke said she met up with

my nerves so that I

“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

“Like what?”

I know now that he was the very

tears 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

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

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

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