Chapter 83: Breaking Bread

Nina

“It’s been watching us,” Enzo said once we were a ways down the road, finally out of harm’s way of the shifter “I think it’s a Crescent. A spy, maybe.”

I shuddered and turned back around in my seat to face the front, my eyes wide as the image of the brown wolf was burned into my mind. The wolf had looked oddly familiar as it stood motionless in front of the pickup truck for what felt like an eternity, frozen in time. It was as if it was looking for us, watching us, waiting for the right moment, and I was grateful for Enzo’s quick thinking. I certainly recognized it as the wolf that had been staring at me from the woods the day before when I stood on the balcony at the lodge, but it was deeper than that. It felt more

familiar to me than just a single shifter sighting in the woods — as if I had known this world for months, years, even.

Aside from the image of the wolf’s yellow eyes and brown fur, something else was burned into my psyche, too… Not an image this time, but a smell.

“Did you smell that?” I said, scrunching up my nose at the distinct, strange odor. “Maybe it was just from hitting the brakes so hard. I don’t know 33

Enzo continued to drive down the road, but seemed to be keeping one eye on me at all times. When I looked over at him in the dim light of the surrounding sunset, concern was written across his face.

“What did it smell like?” he asked.

I shook my head and looked down at my lap as I fiddled with the hem of my red sweater. “I don’t know exactly. Nothing I’ve ever smelled.”

the werewolf’s scent,” he replied. ” Maybe you really are one of us, after

that had gone mysteriously missing after my mom

wasn’t letting on. Or, maybe

of the old Hockey club

even once mentioned to me that she had attended

a lot from me that

country road. The town started to come into view. Biting my lip, I finally tore my gaze away from the white line on the side of the

“About last night…”

talk about it. I know you’re a bit scared of the dark. We don’t have to say that it

to say, and by that point, we were already pulling into the

task at hand of preparing a huge feast and throwing a party at the lodge quickly outweighed

was just a Crescent spy, it couldn’t be that dangerous since the two factions had agreed to be peaceful… right? Or was it just wishful

to distract myself, and preparing this feast would accomplish

walked together

I began to feel almost like a real couple for the first time. If I really distanced myself from all of the drama and terror surrounding us, if I

and if I pretended that a werewolf hadn’t tried to drag me through a strange, spinning portal just a month earlier,

we were

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