My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0531

Enzo

The weight of yesterday's ultimatum was a stone in my gut as I walked into the tunnels.

I kept seeing Nina's face, that look of shock and betrayal, like I had ripped the ground from beneath her. I didn't want to do it. God, I hated myself for it, but it was a wall I couldn't see past, a line in the sand I had to draw for her safety, for our family's future.

My pulse quickened with every step I took toward the room where the burglar was being kept. The tunnels had long since been cleaned up after the Crescent attack, and now served as our pack's headquarters.

The lights had been replaced, the rubble cleared, and Edward's torture equipment burned to a crisp in a big bonfire. It felt entirely different now, although it still held the memories of the time that Nina and I spend down here.

We often dealt with pack business down here, since the pack's existence needed to be kept a secret. The only person who wouldn't come down here was Nina, for obvious reasons. And I didn't blame her. I didn't like being down here either, but it was the best place for our pack's HQ to reside.

"He's in here," Matt said, gesturing to a nondescript door.

"How has he been?" I asked.

questioning. Maybe

a deep breath, I pushed open the door. The burglar, a wiry guy with eyes too shifty for comfort, was sitting on the other side

I said, pulling out the chair across from him and sitting down. "Why did you

smirk dancing on his lips. "I'm

I said. "Either you tell me, or we'll have to do this the hard way. And no

amused. "You think you're gonna

have no idea what I'm capable of,"

I think I have some idea," he retorted, his eyes flicking momentarily to

personal, huh? Whoever sent

that," he said, leaning back in his

coy with me. You said that someone sent you. Who was it, and

again. No

into fists under the table. Every evasive answer, every mocking tone was another notch tightening the vice of my temper. "Listen, man, you're already in deep trouble. Why not make it easier

my job description," he shot back,

a swift motion, I lunged over the table, gripping him by his shirt collar and pulling him up to his feet. "Tell me what you know," I hissed, my voice laced with a venomous edge that even surprised me.