#Chapter 77: The Half-Moon Tournament

Enzo

The very next afternoon following dropping Nina off at her dorm after the unceremonious dinner at my father’s house, my phone rang; it was my father Rolling my eyes, I picked it up.

“I just left,” I growled, still angry with him for everything he had said at dinner. “What do you want?”

“Hello to you, too,” he said in his usual condescending manner. “You need to come home.”

“Why?” I asked. “You gonna marry me off already?”

“Just Come home, Enzo,” my father said. He sounded almost as though he was holding himself back; as though someone else was there

I let out a sigh, nodding instinctively even though I knew he couldn’t see me “Alright,” I said. “I’ll be there soon”

I was sitting on my couch and

processing everything when he called me, so I reluctantly stood once I hung up and got dressed. A little while later, I stood outside my father’s house, my frown deepening as I saw an unfamiliar sports car in the driveway. I shoved my hands in my pockets and walked through the front door.

“That must be him,” I heard my father’s voice say from the dining room as I entered. Furrowing my brow as I wondered who he was talking to and why they needed me here, I approached the dining room.

My eyes widened when I saw who was there

father, were three people the dean, a man I didn’t

father stood and gestured for

turned to me. “Enzo, you know Dean Cynthia and Ronan. This is Ronan’s

large and muscular middle-aged man — around my father’s age with tanned skin, jet black

as I shook his hand. I felt my face get hot and I pulled away,

alright,” he said with a hearty grin as Ronan continued to glare at me silently with an icy stare. “My son was acting out of line

my gaze, his eyes flashing momentarily as

say anything,” he

you’re working with some mystery lady to kidnap my friend?” I replied, still using

I’d like to keep it

my father and sat down. “Now that we’re all here,” he continued, clasping his hands on the table, “we

I

back in his chair and folding his arms across his chest. ” But we all know that it’s not the old ages anymore. We can’t just go killing each other with wild abandon, especially

father nodded. “The town

for over a hundred years. Since it’s right on the border between the werewolf realm and the human realm, having roots there would put one at a great advantage ” He paused, clearing his throat. “Our grandfathers

at Ronan again, who still sat silently across from me with his eyes fixed on mine “A hockey tournament to decide which faction gets to run the town?”

you think?” he said. “Not only will it not raise any red flags for the

A hockey tournament to decide the fate of the town? I stammered to come up with a response, but before

a hybrid and the granddaughter of the school’s founder, it’s my duty to watch over the school. A neutral zone, if you will. I don’t

father nodded vigorously. I felt as though I was at some sort of insane business meeting between a bunch of CEOS, not

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