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 the restroom and to grab a ginger ale," I said, not

said. "Want me to join

"No, it's okay. I'll

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

approached the bar, I couldn't help but glance around to

irrational, I knew that much, but I just couldn't seem to shake the feeling

a warm smile. "Can I

ginger ale, please," I replied.

the drink, the bartender kept glancing at me. Then, sliding my drink across the bar, he leaned in closer and said, "You're

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

Nina," I interjected with a smile as I sipped my drink. "You can just

a bit closer, lowering his voice. "If you don't mind me asking, are the rumors true? Were

anti-human sentiments that were still floating around the realm, I would have been less cautious, but I wasn't so sure now-despite the

rather not talk about it, if you don't mind," I said softly. "It's a bit

apologized. "I didn't mean to pry, Princess-I mean, Nina. I just wanted to say

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 was torn between two realms, like a woman who didn't know where she truly belonged. But either way, it was nice

my human friends could say the

the bar and stepped outside once more. The gardens were quiet, a stark contrast to the

earlier. It must have been my imagination playing tricks on me, I thought to myself. Maybe the heat of the party got to me,

on the charmed ceiling inside, minus the enchanting aurora borealis. But it was a nice change, for the sky to dim a bit and for the vibrant blues and greens to fade to a simple backdrop of black sky and