#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

aside from my father, were three people the dean, a man I didn’t recognize, and

gestured for

“Enzo, you know Dean Cynthia and Ronan. This is

age with tanned skin, jet black hair, and striking blue eyes, stood and held his hand out for me

man who captured and tortured my son,” he said as I shook

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

momentarily as his voice echoed

anything,” he said. “He doesn’t

with some mystery lady to kidnap my friend?” I

I’d like to keep it that

father said, breaking Ronan’s and my silent conversation. I hesitantly walked over to an open chair next to my

official?” I asked, narrowing my

be another bloody war between our two factions,” Marcus said, leaning 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 now that there are far more humans in the world than there used to be. Richard and I are

nodded.

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 fought

from me with his eyes fixed on

again. “It’s much more fun to decide things this way, don’t you think?” he said. “Not only will it not raise any red flags for the

hockey tournament to decide the fate of the town? I stammered to come up

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 my

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

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