#Chapter 295: Return of the Princess

Nina

When we came out on the other side of the portal, we found ourselves standing in the middle of the athletic field where we had last gone through. The campus was alive with activity, and I could see students rushing around as they packed up their vehicles to go home for winter break.

The war was mostly over, after all. The Crescents had retreated to the place where they had set up their headquarters, and as Enzo and I walked back to campus with my father's guards at our heels, I quickly began to realize that it was safe enough outside of Mountainview for people to go home. Since the end of the semester had come around, it seemed as though many people were itching to get home to their families, who were no doubt worried about them.

As Enzo and I walked across the quad, however, I started to notice something else: people were giving us and our guards odd looks, as though they were completely confused as to why we had guards with us. I looked up at Enzo, who seemed just as baffled as I felt.

"Why does everyone seem so confused?" I asked quietly as I looked around. "It's like they don't have any idea..."

Suddenly, I heard a voice coming from behind me.

voice said. Enzo and I whipped around to see Jessica and Lori standing behind us, along with Matt and Luke. Before anything else was said, before I even thought to ask what she meant,

Lori and

said. "But now, we don't need to be scared

a chuckle and took a step back, wiping my

don't remember," Jessica repeated. "Did Enzo

but none of my friends seemed concerned about it. Both of us shook our heads, and Jessica laughed. "I guess the news didn't make it to you somehow," she said. "I'm assuming that Enzo was glued to your side while you slept, so maybe he didn't get the news from

"I had no idea," I said. "So everyone doesn't remember

their memories altered. To them, it was just another

even more confused. "We still need to give them the antidote. That'll be difficult if they

"It's already been done," he said. "We gave most of the recruits the antidote as soon as we returned. Although some decided that they wanted to stay as werewolves and join the pack... I told them that they’d have to talk to our Alpha, of course, but they promised not to mention everything that happened to anyone

huge, but I was relieved in a way. I supposed that it was within my dad's best interests to keep

I was glad that my friends remembered. Without their support, I wouldn't know

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