#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

three people the dean, a man I didn’t recognize, and

gestured for

Enzo,” he said, then turned to me. “Enzo, you know Dean Cynthia and Ronan. This is Ronan’s father,

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

captured and tortured my son,” he said as I shook his hand. I felt my face get hot and

glare at me silently with an icy stare. “My

met my gaze, his eyes flashing momentarily

he

with some mystery lady to kidnap my friend?” I

like to

conversation. I hesitantly walked over to an open chair next to my father and sat down. “Now that we’re all here,” he continued, clasping his hands on

official?” I asked, narrowing

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,

father nodded. “The town

the werewolf realm and the human realm, having roots there would put one at a great advantage ” He paused, clearing

his eyes fixed on mine “A hockey tournament to

he said. “Not only will it not raise any red flags for the human residents of Mountainview, it will also allow us

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

do have the safety of my students to worry about,” she said. “As 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 want any bloodshed on

at some sort of insane business meeting between a bunch of CEOS,

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