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."

The team

Mila into the room, and she flicked on the light. "Here it is," Mila said, pointing to the mess of new equipment, some

I said, pushing up my sleeves. "Not a

equipment per Mila's orders. I spent the next ten minutes opening boxes, pushing

thought I was finishing up, though, it seemed like Mila had more plans for me. "Can I ask you for another

to get back to the team, but closed it again. Mila's eyes were pleading, her hands clasped in front of her, and who was I to refuse?

is it?" I

"Do you think you could run on the treadmill for, say, five minutes? I need to calibrate the machine, and it would be good practice if I could

wiped sweat from my brow, my mind still preoccupied with thoughts

someone. I'm not sure

holding up one hand to indicate the time. "Pretty

to the treadmill. I stepped onto the machine, feeling a pang of guilt for not being available if

the treadmill. "Just go as fast as you can

clearing my head. I cranked the speed up on the treadmill and began to sprint, not even breaking a sweat. Back at home, I could run far faster and further than this; but today, I didn't bother putting in one hundred percent. Maybe eighty percent at

in her eyes. I reduced the speed, then hopped off the machine as it came to

Enzo, you're

for concern, seeing as how I was very

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

hesitated, feeling a twinge of discomfort.

all standard procedure, Enzo, and it

to get the whole thing over with. I removed my shirt