My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0538

Nina

The cool air and the quiet campus had always been a comfort to me. But even the cool evening breeze couldn't lift the heaviness weighing down on me as I fled the hockey arena.

I wasn't even entirely sure why I was running, but I knew I had to. My feet carried me across the empty athletic fields, and it wasn't until I broke through the line of trees that I finally slowed to a walking pace.

Eventually, I came to a small stream that was located along one of the many walking trails that the campus boasted. It was flowing in full force thanks to the summer rain, and it offered a bit of solace.

I plopped down on a fallen log, my eyes stinging as I fought to hold back a new wave of tears. This was too much. Even with my werewolf healing, the red mark Enzo left on my arm remained as a vivid reminder. It was a painful imprint not only on my skin but also on my heart.

You think that was okay?" I muttered, urging my wolf to respond, to offer some kind

hurt you, Nina.

excuse," I shot back, surprised at the bitterness in my own voice. "That's not

any justifications as to what had just happened. Enzo had shoved me,

left on my cheeks and wiped them away. I stared at the stream in front of me, its water cascading over rocks, a natural course altered by obstacles but never stopping. What

a little bit of accelerated healing, a dab of supernatural ointment, and I'd be good as new, like the new waters flowing over

that the hurt I was

in my own fears, my own pain, that I had almost forgotten that Enzo was a

PTSD from our war with the Crescents. We had both seen things, done things that we couldn't take back, that lingered like dark clouds over our lives. Things that we couldn't tell the world, things that had to be kept a secret from so many

was struggling just as much as I was all along but