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?"

and to grab a ginger ale," I

"Want

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

were practically inseparable tonight, and I was glad for it. I knew how much it meant

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

just couldn't seem to shake the feeling of

me with a warm smile. "Can I get you something to drink, Miss?"

ale, please," I

kept glancing at me. Then, sliding my drink across

"Yes, I am," I replied cautiously. The bartender's eyes lit up with genuine excitement. "Oh, it's a pleasure to meet

interjected with a smile as I

a look of surprise, but nodded. Then, he leaned in a bit closer, lowering his voice. "If you don't mind me asking, are the rumors true? Were you hidden in the human realm for so long?

heard about the apparent 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 bartender's

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

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

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

wished that my human

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

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

against my skin. The stars were just as vibrant out here as they were 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 shadowy trees