My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0601

Nina

"Oh, she's waking up."

"Thank god. She had us scared for a moment there..."

As I slowly regained consciousness, the world around me became a blur of shapes and colors and sound. Everything felt loud and bright and overwhelming. My head throbbed, and my body felt heavy, as if I had just been in a deep sleep for hours. I blinked several times, trying to make sense of my surroundings.

The first thing I noticed was the worried faces hovering over me. My mother, father, and Enzo all stood there, their expressions a mixture of relief and concern.

They looked like they hadn't slept a wink, which was confusing. Did something happen? Nothing made sense, at least not at first.

I tried to sit up, but my body felt strangely sluggish, as if I were trying to move through molasses. Panic briefly gripped me as I struggled to remember how I had ended up here.

"What happened?" I croaked, my voice sounding weak and far away. "How did I get here?"

Enzo and my parents exchanged nervous glances before my mother patted my hand gently. "Just relax," she murmured gently, offering me a small smile.

But I just furrowed my brow as I racked my brain, then looked over at Enzo, whose face was a mask of frustration. Enzo let out a frustrated sigh, his brows furrowing. "You passed out, Nina. From opening the portal."

I frowned as the memory slowly came back to me. I remembered opening the portal, and then... everything went black. It was as if I had been sucked into a void of darkness.

don't understand," I said, shaking my head.

the edge of the bed, "I

my father explained. "You're already having a tough pregnancy, and werewolf pregnancies are known to

couldn't help but feel a pang of frustration at their words. Opening portals felt like a sense of freedom, and not being able to do that felt as though someone was trying to rip my freedom and independence away from me. "Guys, I'm fine," I insisted as I attempted to push myself up again. "It was probably just a

wobbled beneath me, and I lost my balance, falling back onto the pillows. My parents and

can't risk anything happening to you or the baby. Not when there's so much

at him, that he had been the one to inform my parents about what had happened with the fortune teller. I

I could ask. "I told them everything, Nina," he explained." They needed

who both gave me a stern and disappointed look. My mother was the first to speak, her

come home immediately when you learned about this supposed curse. Who

had a point, but I had been so focused on Lori and Jessica that I felt as

said with an exasperated sigh, running my hand over my face. "I had to

well aware of what happened with your friend,"

in in an equally stern tone of voice. "And furthermore, Nina, you were foolish to perform a Claiming ceremony while

guilt gnawing at me. "I didn't know," I replied, my voice barely more than a whisper. "I thought

I knew I had

his voice raising slightly. "Hells, Nina! Do you ever think to do anything other than the

away, biting my lower lip

sighed. "I'm sorry, Nina. I didn't mean to yell; I'm