My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF



Chapter 0501

Enzo

The engine of my truck hummed softly in the background as Luke and I sat in silence, our eyes peeled for any sign of Edward's pickup. The dashboard clock read 11:37 PM, and we had been at this for hours. Fast food wrappers sat on the dashboard, the scent of greasy french fries and burgers filling the car.

I was hell-bent on finding Edward. But he hadn't shown his face again so far, at least not here, near the gas station where I saw him before, and I was beginning to lose hope.

"You know," Luke finally broke the silence, "Nina would skin both of us if she knew we were out here, stalking this deranged lunatic without her."

I chuckled, never taking my eyes off the rearview mirror. "I know. But you also know Nina. She'd do the same if she were in my shoes,"

now that she's pregnant. Maybe common sense will finally take over that girl's brain," Luke replied with a

pulled my thoughts away from Edward and toward the equally pressing matter. Nina wanted to keep the baby. A swirl of emotions engulfed me: elation, dread, love, and a deep-rooted fear that gnawed at the edges of

the new job?" Luke asked, reading my contemplative expression as easily as

crossed my mind," I said. "I can't bear the thought of leaving Nina

A baby is another chapter, not the end of the book," Luke reminded me. "Besides, Nina really cares about your dreams. She wouldn't want you to quit just for

said, recalling how passionately Nina had argued for us to maintain our own paths. "But what if something happens while I'm away? What if Edward comes

of the Alpha King. You really think she'll

this stubbornness when it comes to asking for help. She's too worried about being a burden, even to her

go any further down that rabbit hole, Luke cut me off. "If it comes down to it, I'll go back to being her bodyguard. If she won't let me move into the house, I'll keep watch 24/7. I don't

for any trace of reluctance. There was none. "You don't have to do that, Luke. Your contract ended months ago. You're free to live your life. Well...

as though I'd just spoken to him in an alien language. "Contract or not, it changes nothing. My family died centuries ago, and you two are like a second chance at that. There's nothing I wouldn't

a bond that no contract could ever forge. It was more than loyalty; it was a brotherhood sculpted from the trials