#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.

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

her might against a man who I

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

the hand, yanking with all my might

on top of me in a sobbing heap while the portal

everyone woke 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

out of her tent in the morning, she

Lori said as

“Me too,” Jessica replied.

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 a bit at the

“I’m gonna go collect some firewood so we can

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 away quite

said quietly once we were far enough away from the

I’d always protect you,

ground. She always looked

collected wood in silence for a minute, but I had burning questions that needed to

that guy, didn’t you?”

asked.

know he was a werewolf. He

Luke said she met up with in the coffee shop weeks

asked, calming my nerves so that I wouldn’t reprimand Nina for

answered. “When you first told me 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

“Like what?”

I know now that he was the very monster he warned

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

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

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

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