NinaMy friends and I jumped through the portal just before it closed. We came out on the other side in the dark forest, although we weren’t in the same location like the other times when I went through portals.As we slowly sat up and got our bearings, Luke was the first to stand quickly and look a
Matt and I built a fire while the others kept watch, and soon enough we had a small fire going between all of us. We sat on the ground around the fire in a circle, eating granola bars and drinking bottled water. “Hey, it’s kind of like that time we all went camping,” Matt said. “Remember?”Lori gri
EnzoWhen I finally stopped running, I quickly came to the realization that I had taken such a winding path that I had not only gotten Selena and the witch off of my trail, but I had somehow also gotten myself completely lost.Normally, I would have had no problem traversing these woods. Despite the
NinaMy friends and I sat around the fire, listening quietly to the crackling of the logs and the sounds of the forest around us. It was so pitch black that we couldn’t see anything beyond the dim orange glow cast by the first. Everything else beyond that was nothing but inky blackness, despite the
NinaMy eyes widened and my jaw dropped when I saw Enzo standing in front of me. I felt my heart leap up into my throat.This had to be some sort of trick… Enzo was standing right here. Somehow, he had found us in the darkness. Maybe my intuition to stay where we were was right. Maybe our fated mate
Nina“We can’t stay here,” Enzo said, his arm still firmly wrapped around me as he addressed the rest of the group. “It’s too dangerous.”Enzo was right. If Selena and the witch were still looking for him, it was dangerous to be out here in the dark. Maybe it would be best to get home first and regr
NinaI knew that Enzo didn’t want to continue now that he seemed to have an understanding of the possibility of what was to come. But he didn’t say anything. Instead, we quietly put out our fire and began our journey toward the Alpha King’s mansion.Somehow, my kiss with Enzo made the forest a littl
Nina“There’s the side door,” Enzo said, pointing ahead at a small wooden door that was located on the side of the mansion. “The guards should switch over soon. When they do, we can get inside if we run quickly. But all of us can’t go in there.”I nodded. “You’re right. It would be too obvious if si