#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

and gestured for me

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

man — around my father’s age with tanned skin, jet black hair, and striking blue eyes, stood

captured and tortured my son,” he said as I shook his hand. I felt my face get hot and I pulled away, glancing over at

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

my gaze, his eyes flashing momentarily as his

say anything,” he said. “He doesn’t

you’re working with some mystery lady to kidnap

I’d like to keep it

over to an open chair next to my father and sat down. “Now

official?” I asked, narrowing

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

father nodded.

a point of contention 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

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

will it not raise any red flags for the human residents of Mountainview, it will also allow us to decide a victor

fate of the town? I stammered to come up with a response, but before I could,

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

I felt as though I was at some sort of insane business meeting

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