My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0519

Nina

The door creaked open, and I tensed, expecting to see the stern faces of my parents, armed with a lecture or two.

Instead, it was Enzo. His eyes met mine, and he looked softer than I'd ever seen him. Tyler gave me a knowing smile, touched my hand briefly, and left, closing the door behind him.

Enzo hesitated, his eyes shifting from me to the ground. The room seemed to swallow us both, making his silence fill the space like thick fog.

"Do you think I'm crazy?" I finally blurted out, unable to stand the tension any longer.

He looked up, his eyes locking onto mine. "Put on something suitable for going outside," he said, his voice gentle but firm. "We're going for a run."

I glanced at the window, confused. "Now? A run? Enzo, it's-"

flickering with an inner fire I recognized all

That kind

of my dress

dodging family members and avoiding the areas where I knew my parents and their guests would be congregating. Finally, we reached

a word as we darted into the forest behind the mansion. Once we were far enough from prying eyes,

his eyes full of concern

forms took over. I felt

we took off, running through the forest like we had been locked up for years. The wind howled

the first time in weeks, I felt at peace. The oppressive weight of the visions, the dread, the confusion-it all seemed to evaporate, leaving

ran until our legs could carry us no further, and then we stopped. Shifting back to our human forms, I looked around and realized where we were. The place was all too familiar, but I hadn't visited it in

It was Selena's grave.

she had just been buried, like it was the day of her funeral all over again. And yet, the grass had grown over her grave, the leaves on the trees had returned, and there was the scent of fresh flowers in the

stone marker stood in the middle, Selena's name and dates etched into it. It was a place of

to be here,"