My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0637

Nina

The music kept pulsing through the air, eventually switching from an upbeat pop tempo to a slower tempo, but I still felt as if I was on edge. I kept glancing at the corner as though I expected the shadow entity to be standing there, but it never was.

The corner remained devoid of anything and anyone who wasn't a regular partygoer, and I was beginning to feel like I was going crazy.

Lori, who was pairing up with Jessica for a slower dance, shot me a look. "You sure you're alright?" she asked.

I nodded, managing a believable smile. "I just got a little nauseous, that's all," I said, nodding my head toward the bar. "I'm gonna go and get a ginger ale."

Lori and Jessica nodded and gave me a pair of warm smiles. I felt a bit bad for lying to my friends as I turned to make my way to the bar, but I couldn't bring myself to tell them the truth about what I had seen. Not now. Not when the night was so magical and telling everyone would just make them worried.

Besides, the witch had never said the amulet would be bulletproof, and the entity had disappeared as soon as I touched the pendant around my neck. If it was just an issue of the entity managing to break through the protection spell for a moment, it was gone now.

Right?

As I began to walk away from the dance floor, Enzo, who had slipped away a few minutes prior for a drink of his own, ran into me.

"Hey," he said, his gaze softening when he saw me. "Where are you headed?"

to grab a ginger ale," I said, not wanting to alarm Enzo

Enzo said. "Want me to join

head. "No, it's okay. I'll be back

and began to make his way back toward the dance floor. He and Matt were practically inseparable tonight, and I was glad for it. I knew how much it meant to him to have a friend here, especially

as I approached the bar, I couldn't

irrational, I knew that much, but I just couldn't

with kind eyes, greeted me with a

ginger ale, please," I replied. "With lots

drink across the bar, he leaned in closer and said, "You're not

hesitated for a moment, not wanting to draw too much attention to myself. "Yes, I am," I replied cautiously. The bartender's eyes lit up with

as I sipped my drink. "You can just

you don't mind me asking, are the rumors true? Were you hidden in the human realm for so long?

hadn't heard about the apparent anti-human sentiments that were still floating around the realm, I would have been less cautious, but I wasn't

don't mind," I said softly.

and apologized. "I didn't mean to pry, Princess-I mean, Nina. I just wanted to say that if it's true, I hope you enjoy

"That's very nice of you," I said. "Thank you." Admittedly, I had been enjoying the werewolf traditions in this realm, and that alone was a source of confusion for me. It was strange, feeling as though I

just wished that my human friends could

and stepped outside once more. The

imagination playing tricks on me, I thought to myself. Maybe the heat of the party got to me, or it was a trick of

vibrant out here as they were on the charmed ceiling inside, minus the enchanting aurora borealis.