Chapter 298


    Chapter 298: Proposal


    The music was loud around us, and the firelight cast shadows of my dancing friends on the walls of the


    cabins. We were all thoroughly drunk, and for the first time in a long time, I was d to be. Smiling, I


    stood up on my tiptoes and kissed Enzo, and when our lips parted he cupped my cheek with his warm


    hand and gazed into my eyes.


    “Hey,” he said, taking one of my braids between his fingers and looking intently at it in an almost


    bashful way, “wanna go for a run?”


    “Now?” I chuckled. “In our wolf forms?”


    Enzo nodded. He seemed serious, and although I was probably too drunk to run in a straight line and


    hated leaving my friends behind, the thought of feeling the wind through my fur, even briefly, did sound


    nice. I nodded silently and let Enzo lead me away, behind the cabins, where we shifted out of sight of


    our ssmates who had forgotten that werewolves existed.


    Once we shifted, Enzo shot off into the night like a bolt of lightning. I had a hard time keeping up with


    him in my drunken state, but I couldn’t help butugh to myself as we went on a mad dash through the


    woods like two feral creatures. The half-moon above us cast just enough of a glow through the trees to


    see where I was going, and with my night vision, it was no trouble at all. Finally, I caught up to Enzo


    and we ran together for a while, looping back and forth and around the trees until we were out of


    breath.


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    When we finally stopped, we found ourselves in a small clearing at the top of a shallow hill. As I shifted


    back, I realized that I recognized this ce; it was the same ce that I once went to with Luke one


    night, many nights ago. We had sat on this very hill and talked, and it was when I realized that Luke


    was a friend to me.


    “Should we head back?” I asked, catching my breath. Enzo was behind me, and so I turned around to


    face him.


    When I did, my eyes widened.


    Enzo was behind me, but he wasn’t standing. He was down on one knee and he was holding


    something small in his hand. I felt my heart stop as I looked down at him, taking in his flushed cheeks


    and sparkling eyes. This was no prank; he was proposing to me.


    “Nina,” Enzo said, his voice low as the sounds of the party echoed through the forest around us, “I don’t


    have any sort of long speech for you. I’m sorry that this isn’t more grand, and there aren’t candles or


    flower petals. But tonight, I knew that I couldn’t wait any longe-“


    ‘Yes,” I blurted out excitedly. I immediately mped my hand over my mouth and watched as Enzo


    stifled an incredulousugh.


    ‘You didn’t let me finish,” he said, smirking.


    ‘You said that you didn’t have a long speech,” I replied. I took a few steps toward him, and as the ring in


    his hand came into view and I saw the stone glittering in the moonlight, I felt tears beginning to well up


    in my eyes. “And I don’t want candles or flower petals or grand gestures. Yes, I want to marry you.


    That’s it.” 1


    Enzo stared up at me for a few long moments. It felt as though everything else around us fell away,


    leaving just the two of us floating together in a ck void. Only when Enzo suddenly stood and kissed


    me intensely did I feel as though I was returning to my body, and that was solidified when he firmly took


    my shaking hand and pushed the ring onto my finger.


    For a few moments, I stared teary-eyed down at the beautiful ring on my finger. It was simple, but it


    was perfect. The stone was a fire opal rather than a diamond, which only made me love it even more.


    Suddenly, I heard a particrly loud reing from the music down by the bonfire, and that shoved


    me fully back into my body. Laughing, I threw my arm’s around Enzo’s neck and kissed him


    passionately, causing him to stumble backwards out of surprise and fall onto his back, onto the hard


    ground. He grunted as he fell, and I quickly pushed myself up onto my hands and knees as I straddled


    him and looked at him worriedly.


    “Are you oka-” I began, but was quickly cut off by Enzo grabbing my face and pulling me back down to


    kiss me again.


    We smiled against each other’s lips as we kissed. I felt so full of love; it felt as though there was a


    measuring cup inside of me that was overflowing with love for Enzo, for my mate. It had been that way


    for some time… But now, we were going to be married and I couldn’t be happier.


    Neither of us wanted to return to the party just yet. We wanted to be together in the forest, just the two


    of us. I felt Enzo wrap his arms around me as we kissed and he stood easily, carrying me over to a


    more thickly wooded area for some privacy. He set me down and hastily pulled his jacket off, then


    threw it down on the ground to act as a barrier between our skin and the forest floor before he suddenly


    pushed me up against a tree and began to tear my clothes off.


    We fumbled together in the darkness, ripping at each other’s clothes like a couple of animals until we


    both stood naked and out of breath, taking in each other’s bodies. The cold winter air bit at my skin, but


    I didn’t care. As a werewolf, it only excited me even more, and as I looked at his chiseled muscles


    glistening in the moonlight, I felt the wolf stir inside of me.


    Enzo, noticing this, grinned and wrapped his arms around me again. We fell onto his jacket together in


    a pile of warmth and hands, lips and tongues. Heid me down on the ground and pushed my legs


    gently apart until the tendons on my inner thighs appeared, and then he began to kiss along my thighs,


    letting his lips warm my cold skin. When his lips finally traveled inward and lingered on my pussy, I


    could no longer hold in the gasps and moans that were bubbling up inside my throat. While he licked


    and kissed me there, I felt my back arch away from the ground, and I tangled my


    fingers in his curly hair, pushing him harder into me until I was certain that I woulde on his face.


    But before I could, he suddenly stopped and moved up between my legs, smirking and wiping his


    mouth with the back of his hand. I felt a sudden filling sensation as he pushed himself in, and together


    we erupted into a volcano of movement and passion.


    Our hot breaths rose into the cold air in little white clouds of steam. During those tender moments, with


    the moon above us, I felt as though I could stay there with him forever.


    As Enzo and I moved together and became one in the forest, I was so happy to not only call him my


    mate, but also my fiancee.


    And when we finally returned to the party and announced our engagement to our friends, all I could see


    was his smiling face above me with the half moon behind him.