My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0582

Enzo

Practice was just about finishing up, and the hockey team was running through one final mock scrimmage before I let them go for the day.

I was leaning against the pillar next to the rink, wearing my plain clothes today, I didn't want to be on the ice today in case there was an emergency call from Nina, which Tim understood.

But right now, instead of coaching, I was zoning out. My hand kept drifting to my phone to check on a call from Nina, but there was none. She should have landed by now, it was only a few hours by plane back to Mountainview. In fact, she should have been in the supernatural realm by now.

I figured, though, that maybe she was just caught up with family. She was going to stay with her parents and brother, after all; maybe they were in a frenzy because she told them about the fortune teller, or maybe they were just sharing a family meal and she hadn't had a chance to look at her phone yet.

However, it didn't fully ease the anxiety inside of me. My wife was in another realm entirely, literally worlds away from me, and I hadn't heard from her. For all I knew, something horrible was going down right now, and I had no way of knowing unless she called me.

Just as I was about to give in and call her, Mila suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She had a determined look in her eyes, her dark hair pulled back into a tight bun.

"Enzo, there you are," she said, her voice urgent. "Do you have a moment? I could really use your help with something.

I pocketed my phone, temporarily setting aside my worries about Nina. "Sure, Mila. What do you need?" Mila motioned toward a nearby room filled with heavy medical equipment. "I'm preparing for the upcoming physical exams, and I need to move some of this equipment around. It's too heavy for me to handle on my own."

I took a glance back at the hockey team, who were still engaged in their scrimmage. "I don't know if I should just walk away," I said, gesturing over my shoulder toward them with my thumb. "Practice isn't over for another twenty minutes."

"Please?" Mila asked, almost begging. "It won't take long. I promise. Ten minutes, max."

team could

to the mess of new equipment, some of it in boxes. "I just need to

pushing up my sleeves. "Not

hesitation, I began to move the medical equipment per Mila's orders. I spent the next ten minutes opening boxes, pushing

seemed like Mila had more plans for me. "Can I

eyes were pleading, her hands clasped in front

is it?" I

satisfied, then gestured to the new treadmill that I had just put into place. "Do you think you could run on the treadmill for, say, five minutes? I

preoccupied with thoughts of Nina. "Oh, um... Mila, I'm waiting

from someone. I'm not

hand to indicate the time.

following Mila to the treadmill. I stepped onto the machine, feeling a pang of guilt for

adjusted the settings and started the treadmill. "Just go as fast as you can for five minutes," she

a sweat. Back at home, I could run far

eyes. I reduced the speed, then hopped off the

scoffed. "Good? Enzo, you're like a

give her cause for concern, seeing as how I was very much distinctly not human. "Well, it's a bit

arm." Wait, just one more thing," she said. "I need to test your heart

of discomfort. "My shirt? Is

procedure, Enzo, and it won't take long. Just a

with it to get the whole thing over with. I removed my shirt and handed it to Mila, who took