Chapter 278: The Final Stretch

Nina

I watched Selena walk away after promising to Claim her. The plan was to have the small Claiming ceremony on Saturday night, but I needed to confirm that she was telling the truth first. I decided that I would have to talk to Enzo about it.

After my exam, I went to meet Enzo in the hockey arena. When I walked in, he was in the midst of training the hockey team. I couldn’t help but smile as I walked over to the barricade and watched them do their drills on the ice. Seeing them doing what they loved again, just like old times, made me happy.

“Hey, Nina,” Enzo said, skating up to me when they took their break. He reached over the barricade and pulled me toward him, planting a kiss on my lips. He smelled like sweat from training so hard, but I liked the scent.

“I need to talk to you,” I said, lowering my voice. “I talked to Selena earlier.”

“Oh?” Enzo raised his eyebrows. I knew that he was still skeptical of Selena, and I didn’t blame him. But I was almost entirely certain that she was telling the truth; I just needed to confirm it somehow.

I nodded. “She told me something about the Luna. Something interesting… She said that the Luna created these genetically engineered rogues using her own blood, and that if the Luna were to die, then the rogues wouldn’t be able to survive either.”

Enzo’s eyebrows raised even further. “And how did you get this information?” he asked.

“I promised that

me firmly by

insisted. “But maybe… Maybe we can take

with me. “You plan on taking her down between now and Saturday night?” he asked, sounding incredulous. “Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Not only

I replied, “I needed to do

when they do,” Enzo said. “We’ve got plenty of help around here. The town is protected, and the Crescents have been laying low. We don’t need

been suffering because of her rule? What about the people out there in our world who are still rogues because we couldn’t save everyone

By this point, the rest of the hockey team had noticed our quarreling and were slowly beginning to gather around

than the bond that any regular human twins would have. I know she’s telling the truth. And I know that if we can just take down the Luna, this will be all over. Her genetically engineered rogues will die.

a long time, Enzo just stared at

do you

Matt chimed in. “I say we storm the Alpha King’s mansion,” he said. “We have our own little army. We can use the distraction

to look at Matt, then back at

right,” I said

a few moments. His jaw was shifting back and forth, just like it always did when he was thinking deeply. “We could do it,” he finally said after some time. “We’ll need to plan, though. We can’t just storm the Alpha King’s mansion on a whim… But you’re right, Nina. Time

back up at me, and his soft brown eyes were wrought

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