Chapter 12

Dante

Knocking on Nina’s unit, I waited and waited while tapping my fingers against my upper arms. A smile never ceased on my lips since I was on the way. It felt good to find something to use against Winter. She might move continuously, but she’d return here.

The door opened, showing a 5-foot-4 female. Her black hair only reached her ears, which were in a mess. Without makeup, freckles spread on her cheeks. She looked at me with her round blue eyes in disbelief. She blinked once, twice, and then she closed and slammed the door in my face.

“Well, that’s a great way to greet your guest, Nina.”

Nina Woods was my cousin from my father’s side. She was around Ayla’s age, but I forgot her actual age. Maybe twenty-two, but I wasn’t sure. She moved to my pack four years ago but started living separately when she was twenty.

I didn’t know the real reason behind her decision to switch from my father’s pack to mine. All I knew was that someone from Diamond Pack wa