NinaEnzo and I walked for a while longer after that. The rain only kept getting heavier, making me wish that I had thought to bring some sort of protection against getting soaked, but as the tall pointed roofs of the mansion eventually came into view over the treetops I realized that we might not b
Maybe Enzo was right. Maybe we would have to wait and come back when they relaxed their security. Either that, or we would have to wait for Selena to come to us, assuming she hadn’t given up on trying to make Enzo her mate.However, as I crouched behind the bushes and chewed my lip nervously, I sudd
NinaSomehow, I managed to daze all of the guards at once.But Enzo and I didn’t have time to stand around and try to figure out how I did it. There was no knowing exactly how long this spell of mine would last, and for all we knew Selena had already been alerted to our location. We seemed to have a
I shook my head, but Enzo’s gaze never wavered, and I knew that I couldn’t hide it anymore.“I’m afraid,” I whispered. “I’m afraid that I’ll need to kill Selena tonight. And when I was in the portal when we came to rescue you, I…” My voice faltered. I couldn’t continue any longer, and another sob es
Nina“Selena.”Selena grinned. “Weren’t expecting me to find you, huh?” she asked in a sing-song voice. “I guess you should’ve thought about that before you decided to daze every single one of my guards at once. Nice move, by the way. I must admit that I’m quite impressed.”I narrowed my eyes. I wen
My eyes widened. The premonition… It was a curse. All along, it was a curse.But curses could be broken.“W-Why?” I muttered, somehow managing to speak through the weight on my chest.Selena simply shrugged. “I’m just fulfilling the duty that our ancestors should have fulfilled long ago,” she said.
EnzoI should have known that Selena would suddenly appear. I supposed that I got too comfortable thanks to Nina’s strange powers; I should have pulled her away from the murals and continued on our journey.But even if I did do all of that, maybe Selena would have found us anyway.As I laid there on
NinaEnzo jabbed the needle into Selena’s thigh and pushed the plunger down, injecting her with the bright blue serum. There was a brief moment of realization before the agony began.Selena started to scream in agony, and so did I. It felt as though my entire body was being burned from the inside. S