My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0532

"Enzo, stop!" Matt's voice broke through my red haze, pulling me back to reality.

I turned, meeting Matt's eyes, the gravity of what I was about to do hitting me all at once. My hand loosened, my breaths coming out in ragged gulps. He pulled me aside, his grip firm on my arm.

I glanced back at the burglar, his eyes glaring daggers at me, blood trickling down his lip. And in that moment, I was flooded with the magnitude of my own failure. I had let the darkness take over, let it consume me, all because I was haunted by the ticking clock of 48 hours and the woman whose safety meant more to me than my own soul.

What had I done?

Matt's grip on my arm tightened as he pulled me out of the room, his eyes searching my face with an intensity that made me feel like I was standing under a spotlight.

"Enzo, what the hell was that?" he said, his voice tinged with incredulity and concern.

head, trying to regain some semblance of control, my knuckles still aching from the punches. "I don't know, Matt. I don't

me down the hall, away from the glaring fluorescent lights of the makeshift interrogation room, toward another room that we had turned into more of a break area. It was funny, knowing that Edward had once

to me, Enzo. You're one of

swirl of thoughts clouding my mind. "I wish

brows furrowing. "You were about to cross a line,

down the coffee

"Different how?"

hesitated, my eyes meeting his. What could I say? How could I explain the knot of fear and frustration that had been festering in my gut? "It's Nina's pregnancy,"

it be a good thing, though?" he asked. "Not a reason to

these... visions, for lack of a better word. Apparently, her mother had the same ones during her first pregnancy, and the baby was stillborn. I can't explain it, but

a wave of realization washing over his face. "And that's why you're on edge,

was there, if he knows something that could put Nina in danger. And if that means I have to resort