“Where is she?” I croaked. Edward chuckled. “She’s right next door, where she’ll be able to hear your torture. But don’t worry -- she thinks that you’re just the Big Bad Wolf.” “That’s not true.” “Oh, but it is,” Edward replied. “She’s such a simple girl. Just a few days of treatment was all it t

Nina Edward left and didn’t come back for a long time. I laid on the bed, trapped there in my restraints as I waited for him to come back. Eventually, the medicine stopped making me fade in and out of consciousness so much. I knew that that meant that Edward would return soon to give me more, and

I sat up then. “How much longer until he comes back?” “Not long,” Cora replied. “He’s going to beat Enzo again and again until it breaks you, unless you do something about it.” Suddenly, I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes. If I thought hard enough, I could remember the way that Enzo’s arms f

Nina For hours after I threw up my medicine, all I could hear were the sounds of Edward beating Enzo in the room next door. I wished that I could just go in there and stop him, but I knew it would be a futile effort; I had to be smart about this if I really was going to get Enzo and I out of this p

Nina “My name is Nina Harper. I’m a student at Mountainview University. Edward is a liar, and werewolves are real. Enzo is a good man, and he came to save me…” As I whispered this mantra to myself, I finally, slowly but surely, made my way to Enzo’s door. I pulled the paper out of my hand and uncr

“Check again…” “What?” I said out loud. “What do you mean? None of the codes work.” She didn’t answer. Sighing, I reached out and grabbed the crumpled paper off of the floor. I held it up close to my one good eye and squinted as I studied it closely. “None of these work…” I whispered once more.

Nina “N-Nina…” The sound of Enzo’s voice, in that moment, was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. “I’m here, Enzo,” I whispered, keeping my hands on his torn up back as I continued to focus all of my energy on healing him. “I’m here.” “Nina… Stop…” I opened my eyes and looked over at Enz

Enzo I thought we were finally free at first when I watched Edward run away with his tail between his legs, but as I looked over at Nina and saw the puddle of blood growing around her, I knew that the real fight had only just begun. She appeared to be in shock. When I picked her up, cursing under

As she did that, Nina’s eyes suddenly shot open, wide and frenzied. She began to thrash, screaming something about not wanting to take her medicine. I ran over and grabbed her by the shoulders, pushing her down into the bed and bringing my face closer to hers so she could see me. “Nina!” I shouted.

Nina After Enzo picked me up off the floor, I felt my vision begin to flicker before everything went black. I opened my eyes a few moments later to find myself back in the forest clearing. Cora was no longer sitting across from me, but as I dug my fingers into the blanket of soft red fur surroundi