Chapter 134: The iming Ceremony


    My heart shattered into a million pieces when Enzo left.


    I wasn’t sure exactly how long I spent curled up on the floor of my bedroom after he walked out. Why


    did he sleep with me if he knew that it was a bad idea? Why would he knowingly break my heart like


    this? I didn’t fully know or understand the answers to these questions, but I had no choice but to move


    on with my life. At least I could take some sce in the fact that my family would be home soon and


    would no longer be at risk of danger, but the concept of not even having Enzo as a friend anymore


    broke my heart even further.


    At some points during the next few days, I wished that I had just gone overseas with my mom and my


    brother. Thankfully, however, I still had my friends; I kept reminding myself of that every time I started to


    resent Enzo for what he did. At the very least, I still had Lori, Jessica, and Tiffany.


    I still had my job, too. I picked up a few extra shifts at the diner to keep myself busy.


    However, I quickly came to realize that even the diner wasn’t a safe zone when I was working one day


    and suddenly heard the door open, only to look up and see Enzo standing in front of me.


    I felt my heart drop.


    “What are you doing here?” I asked, my fist shaking as I gripped the dishcloth I was holding so tightly


    as though it was my only lifeline. Even just seeing Enzo made me feel as though I would break down


    and begin sobbing.


    “Nina, I really need to talk to you,” he said frantically as he walked toward me. “Please. It’s really


    important.”


    I frowned and folded my arms across my chest. Instead of looking him in the eyes, I stared directly at


    his chin, unable to bring myself to meet his gaze.


    “What is it?”


    “Can I talk to you outside?” he asked. “Please.”


    I looked up then to see that there was a look of pleading on his face and a sense of urgency in his


    eyes. Despite everything, I still cared about Enzo — so, finally, I nodded hesitantly. “Fine. Let’s go.”


    Enzo led me outside to the parking lot, then stopped and turned to face me once we were alone.


    “You have the power of iming,” he said.


    I raised an eyebrow. “The power of what?”


    “iming,” Enzo continued. “You can turn people into werewolves with just a touch. You identally


    turned Matt when you were bandaging his hand in the locker room the other day.”


    An incredulous chortle escaped my mouth as Enzo spoke. I rolled my eyes at him, then turned on my


    heel. “I really can’t believe that you would show up and fuck with me like this after everything,” I


    growled. “Leave me alone–”


    Suddenly, Enzo’s hand shot out and he grabbed my arm. I widened my eyes and looked over my


    shoulder at him; he was still staring at me with that same frantic, pleading expression on his face. “I’m


    dead serious,” he muttered. “Look, I know I’ve been an asshole, but we really need you right now. The


    team wants you to turn them all so they can y during the final match. If they can’t y with me, I’ll be


    stuck with an inexperienced team that will probably make us lose. Please.”


    I froze, my eyes searching his face for some hint of humor — but there was none. I could tell that Enzo


    was serious.


    But, that didn’t mean that I would be willing to help him so easily after what he did.


    I wrenched my arm away and frowned. “No,” I said. “Find someone else to help you. When you left me


    the other day, you forsook any future opportunities for my help or friendship. Get lost.” I turned then and


    began to storm back to the diner.


    “We’ll be at the cabins tonight at midnight,” he called after me. “If you don’t want to help, then fine. But


    if you do, meet us there. I’m begging you, Nina. We can’t do this without you. We need you. I need


    you.”


    I stopped as my hand rested on the door handle, biting my lip as Enzo’s pleas sunk in. Part of me


    wanted to give him the finger and go back inside, but I couldn’t deny the fact that there was an even


    bigger part of me that still cared about him and wanted to help — not to mention the fact that the fate of


    the town rested on this final match.


    “Fine,” I muttered. “Midnight.”


    …


    Later that night, after spending the entire day wondering if I was making a mistake by opening myself


    up to Enzo again, I finally decided that it was truly best for the town if I just helped them. So, shortly


    before midnight, I got dressed and headed out to the forest.


    When I arrived at the cabins, the entire team was there. Enzo immediately jerked his head up when he


    saw me, then came jogging over to me while I tentatively approached with my hands in my pockets.


    “I really can’t thank you enough foring,” he said.


    I shrugged. “Just tell me what to do and let’s get this over with.”


    Enzo nodded, then led me over to the team. They were all sitting around the fire. Some of them looked


    frightened, but most of them appeared to be excited.


    “Are you all sure you want to do this? Last call.” Enzo looked around at his team as he spoke. Much to


    my surprise, they all agreed to go through with it. “Okay,” Enzo said, turning to face me. “We all need to


    stand around the fire in a circle. Then, join hands.”


    We did as Enzo instructed, with only Enzo and Matt standing off to the side, seeing as how they were


    already werewolves.


    “Everyone, close your eyes,” Enzo continued. “Nina… I want you to channel your wolf. The rest will


    come naturally.”


    I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I obliged. I squeezed my eyes shut and let out a deep sigh as


    I searched for Cora’s presence. Her energy had been incredibly low, practically nonexistent, ever since


    Enzo had left me. But she was there.


    “I need some of your power,” I said to her, internally, when I located her.


    She was silent for a moment. “Why?”


    “We have to help Enzo. I need to use the power of iming on his teammates.”


    As I gave her this information, Cora growled. She was angry with Enzo. “Why are we helping him after


    what he did?”


    I shook my head and squeezed my eyes shut harder. “It’s not for him. It’s for the town.”


    She was silent again for a while. For several moments, I thought that she would just go back to sleep


    — but then, finally, I felt her power grow. I clenched my jaw as I felt her power begin to travel through


    me, stretching out through my entire body, then extending through my hands.


    Her power surged even more. I felt my entire body begin to tingle. There was some slight murmuring


    coming from Enzo’s teammates as I assumed that they, too, began to feel this tingling.


    But then… I began to feel incredibly weak. It came on so quickly that I didn’t have time to adjust to it.


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    Suddenly, my knees buckled under me, and everything went dark