My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0546

Nina

Enzo's hand gripped the doorknob, and with a resigned sigh, he swung the door open. Standing there was none other than Luke, his expression a mix of urgency and discomfort, as if he also wished that he were anywhere but here.

The emotional and intimate energy between Enzo and me dissipated instantly, replaced by a heavy tension that made the room feel smaller. It wasn't like Luke to visit in the middle of the night, which only meant one thing: something had happened.

"Luke, what's going on?" Enzo asked, his brow furrowing as he took in our friend's troubled expression.

"It's the burglar," Luke began, almost stumbling over the words. "He's gone. Escaped."

"What?" Enzo's voice was a mix of disbelief and anger, mirroring my own feelings. "How the hell did that happen?"

Luke scratched his head, visibly uneasy. "We had one of the guys from the pack on guard duty. He... fell asleep. When he woke up, the door was wide open, and the burglar was gone."

I couldn't keep quiet any longer. "Are you kidding me? How could we let that happen? We're not amateurs; we're supposed to be security for all of Mountainview!"

"I know, Nina. I know. It's a screw-up, a major one," Luke admitted, his eyes downcast.

"Major is an understatement," Enzo seethed, clenching his fists. "What about the spell? Your girlfriend, Mariah, placed a spell on HQ to prevent anyone from opening a portal within the building, right?"

I was grateful Enzo brought it up. Mariah was a talented witch, and had been a distant ally of our pack since Luke had started dating her right before our wedding. "Exactly. With Mariah's spell, our HQ should be like a fortress. No one should be able to just portal out."

nodded, looking just as perplexed as we were. "The spell is still intact. Mariah checked it herself. Which means the burglar couldn't have portaled out from inside the

opened a portal somewhere else," I mused. "Assuming

part that's bothering me," Luke said, his forehead creasing even more. "If he's from Mountainview, that's one thing. But

Enzo's voice was laced with barely contained irritation. "If he's

eyes meeting Enzo's. "We've been all over, Enzo. If he was anywhere in Mountainview, we would've found him. He's

the room, each of us absorbing the weight of the situation. I felt a growing unease in the pit of

me that we have an unknown, potentially dangerous individual at large, and we have no clue where he's from, who sent him, where he is, or what he wants?" Enzo's voice rose with each

saying." Luke

getting ready, we made our way to the

know," Enzo said as we climbed out of the truck,

were filled with horrible memories, but this

there

that my nails were digging

the dimly lit tunnels that snaked below the hockey arena. Enzo walked beside me, his posture rigid, the muscle in his jaw twitching with palpable frustration. Luke had already briefed us

into the room first, his eyes scanning every inch of the space as if expecting the intruder to materialize out of thin air.

forced entry or exit. It's like he just calmly

let him out," Enzo said, his eyes meeting mine

looked around the room again, my eyes lingering on the barren walls, the undisturbed dust on the floor. "Do you really think someone from the pack would do

he looked at me. "Not from the pack, no. But, Nina, who else do we know who

Enzo spoke, I could

"Edward,"