My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0602

Nina

I must have drifted into a light slumber at some point because the sound of persistent knocking on my door pulled me from the haze of dreams.

I blinked, disoriented, and glanced at the clock on my nightstand. It was past two o'clock in the afternoon. I hadn't realized I had been asleep for so long.

"Come in," I called out, my voice still groggy from sleep.

The door swung open, and my mother entered the room. "Honey," my mom said, blocking my view of the hallway behind her, "it's time for your checkup."

My heart began to race, and I sat up a little further, hurriedly smoothing my tangled hair down with my hands. "Um ... Okay, I murmured, swallowing. "I'm ready."

A moment later, the door was opening a little wider. My mother stepped in, and behind her was a figure of a woman that sent a shiver down my spine.

My mother cleared her throat and gestured towards the mysterious visitor. "Nina, this is the witch I told you about, the one who's been helping your brother with his curse."

My eyes fell upon the witch, and I couldn't help but be taken aback by her appearance.

She had long, ebony hair that cascaded down her back like a waterfall, almost seeming to shimmer with a life of its own. Her eyes were the deepest shade of emerald green, and they caught the color of the lamp on my bedside table in a way that made them shine like two emerald gems.

Her skin was fair, almost luminous, and her lips were the color of ripe cherries. She wore a flowing, midnight-blue robe that seemed to blend seamlessly with the shadows around her, giving her an otherworldly appearance.

not the witch I had expected. She was beautiful and ethereal, and not at all terrifying like I had somehow worked

intricate silver rings. "Hello, Nina,"

her appearance. "Hello," I managed,

then," she said. She plopped down a small wooden trunk onto the table at the end of my bed and began to rifle

a bit taken

cranny as if she could see things others couldn't. She took out an assortment of herbs and even more crystals from her robe, placing them strategically

had always been skeptical of witches ever since everything that had happened with

rituals, was unnerving to say the least. Elara turned her attention to me, her gaze penetrating and intense. "Nina, I need to perform a

nodded, feeling a lump

She began to chant in a language I couldn't understand, and the

apprehensive, as she

her emerald eyes locking onto mine. "I'll need you to remove

and vulnerability at the idea of exposing myself to this stranger. But I met my mother's eyes, and she gave me a subtle nod. I reminded myself that this

myself in my nightgown to the witch. Elara's gaze remained steady, and she proceeded with a

practitioner of magic, but she also

the most unsettling part was when she had to conduct a gynecological exam. I clenched my teeth and

producing a metal speculum from her trunk. "Don't

mother said gently, still holding my hand. "You don't have anything

and muttered to herself. It was a strange