#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

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

gestured for me to come

me. “Enzo, you know Dean Cynthia

father’s age with tanned skin, jet black

tortured my son,” he said as I shook

as Ronan continued to glare at me silently with an icy stare. “My son was acting out of

my gaze, his eyes flashing momentarily as

he

mystery lady

I’d like to keep it

breaking Ronan’s and my silent conversation. I hesitantly walked over to an open chair next to my father and sat down. “Now that we’re all

what official?” I asked, narrowing my

ages anymore. We can’t just go killing each other with wild abandon, especially now that there are far

nodded. “The

human realm, having roots there would put one at a great advantage ” He

still sat silently across from me with his eyes fixed on mine “A hockey tournament to decide which faction

way, don’t you think?” he said. “Not only will it not raise any red flags for the human residents of Mountainview, it will also

decide the fate of the town? I stammered to come up with a response, but before I could, the dean – who had been silent up until now — suddenly spoke

school’s founder, it’s my duty to

at some sort of insane business meeting between a bunch

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