My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0522

For a moment, I felt detached from my own body. The shock of what my father had told me sent my body spiraling, leaving me feeling drained and empty.

"So the visions," I finally managed, swallowing, "did she..."

"No," my father said quietly. "She didn't see a shadow entity, or whatever you called it. But she had her own demons, Nina. Perhaps the 'entity' you see now is a machination of your own pain, just as her visions were machinations of hers."

"What sort of pain did she have?" I asked quietly.

My father's face blanched slightly, and he sighed, staring down at his desk.

"Your mother suffered a great deal during her upbringing," he said softly. "Her parents died due to disease, and she bounced from home to home. There were things that happened to her as a young woman that I won't dare to repeat. Forgive me, but I can't."

with my father's

really must urge you to stay here, Nina. This... sickness, or however you'd like to call it, could be harmful for your baby. I'd like you here, where you're

"So you think I'm doomed? That I'm going to lose my child like my mother

into my eyes, and his face seemed to age a decade. "That's precisely what I'm worried about, Nina. Your mother was never alone during her pregnancy with you and Selena. We made sure of it. And I think we should

did you do for her then?" I pushed, feeling the urgency escalating

help from within

I interrupted, maybe a little more

the symptoms but didn't eliminate them entirely," my father admitted. "You and Selena were both healthy, unlike the first pregnancy. But even throughout her pregnancy with

perhaps we should consider talking to someone who specializes in these kinds of things. A professional, maybe

on the same

skeptical but not entirely dismissive. "We can consider it, but with caution. Not everyone has the best intentions, as

room. My father was right;