#Chapter 62: Dark Creatures

Nina

A woman’s voice screamed for help from the forest. Enzo and I pulled away from each other, just as we were about to kiss for the second time that night. We looked at each other for a moment, the realization of the situation hitting us, before taking off toward the woods.

Could we not have one good night without people being injured or killed by werewolves?

“Stay here,” Enzo said just before we reached the woods. He stopped in his tracks and grabbed me by both shoulders, pushing me away from the entrance of the woods where students and locals often walked on the seemingly-safe nature trails.

I wrenched myself free and shook my head vigorously. Stay here? There was no way in hell I was letting Enzo go into the woods by himself. I would never forgive myself if something happened to him out there and I wasn’t there to help him. “No way!” I shouted, curling my hands up into fists. “I’m not letting you go alone.”

“Nina, it’s not safe–”

“I realize that, Enzo!” I said, stamping my foot angrily. “I’m going with you regardless!”

Enzo stared at me for a moment, a mixture of surprise and worry written across his face, before he sighed and nodded, straightening once more.” Alright,” he said, turning toward the trail that led into the forest and holding out his hand as the screams continued. “But stay close. Don’t let go of my hand.”

I took his hand and ran with him into the forest toward the source of the screams. It was frightening to run with such wild abandon in the forest, but I let Enzo lead the way; something in me told me to trust him to guide us as we ran, so I did.

turn, leaping over tree roots

forward while I stood paralyzed by the scene before

clawed desperately at the

like a growl on its own. The rogue looked up at him, the woman’s leg still

explain it, but there was also something oddly familiar about the rogue’s gaze.

other, preparing to attack. I ran up to the woman and grabbed her hand, quickly

anything else

met my eyes, staring at me for a moment — as if it recognized me then turned on its heels and took off into the woods

it going?” I asked, my voice shaking as I held the sobbing woman

turned and stormed toward me, grabbing the woman from my arms and scooping her up, his eyes fixed on me. They were glowing red, brighter than

fast as you can,” he said sternly over the woman’s

“But I–”

and serious. “Please Just this once, I need you

Enzo and the woman were just… gone. The forest

find out who that rogue

home like Enzo told me to, I began to go in the direction that

as quiet as possible as I followed the rogue’s trail; it had crashed so haphazardly through the woods that I could make out a clear path just from all of the trampled

been following the rogue’s trail for nearly twenty minutes when I finally

approached through the bushes, it heard me and jumped up, snarling. I felt my heart quicken as

for some reason, I no

my hand outstretched and my breathing ragged. With each. step closer, I expected the rogue to

muzzle,

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