My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0638

Enzo

*Enzo! Come here, my boy!"

I was just passing by the array of tables when I heard Aldric's voice boom across the space between us, causing me to perk my head up. He was sitting at a long wooden table with Nina's mother and a few other Alphas that I recognized from the Alpha Council, and he was beckoning to me.

Matt, who was standing beside me, gestured back toward the dance floor with his thumb. "Want me to-"

"No," I said, shaking my head. "Come and say hello."

Matt nodded and followed me with purpose. We had already discussed this earlier today when we were wandering the sprawling mansion; Matt was my Beta, and he belonged by my side. We were trying to show how the pack was real, not just a game amongst college friends.

And yet, as we approached Aldric and the Alphas, I couldn't entirely deny the feeling of inadequacy that was beginning to settle itself in my stomach. Here were Alphas who had accomplished so much, fought ten times as many battles and overcame a thousand times as many obstacles.

And here I was, a college hockey player with a ragtag group of friends as my pack and a tiny island town to protect from rogues.

"Ah, Enzo," one of the Alphas, a man named Cerys, said as we approached. "How nice to see you again. We were just talking about you."

*Nice to see you too, Cerys," I said with a polite nod. "I hope you're enjoying the party."

One of the other Alphas, a burly man named Lucian with a grizzled beard, turned to Matt and eyed him up and down for a moment. "And who is your friend?" he asked, glancing at me.

I glanced over at Matt, who was standing proudly beside me. "This is Matt, my-" I began, but then I saw it.

of a warning. My voice cut off, and I froze for a moment, transfixed

back to reality. The warning was heard loud and clear, and no matter how much it pained

is Matt, my close friend," I

to have a good friend as a young man," Cerys chimed

his eyes, as though he, too, felt

the conversation continued among the Alphas, Matt pulled me aside, his brow furrowed with concern. "Enzo, what was that about back there?" he asked quietly. "I thought you were going to introduce me as

find the right words. "I don't know if it was a good idea just now," I said. "I don't know those

me a searching look, as if he could see through my words to the real reason behind my reluctance." Enzo, we're supposed to be a pack. You don't

swallowed, feeling a bit embarrassed. "I am proud of it," I said. "But... I feel like there's something at play here that I don't know. Maybe I was foolish to see tonight as an opportunity to announce

a hand through his dark

that," he said. "At the very least, though, we're making our presence known in some way or the

Matt.

I watched as he excused himself

the judgment associated with our pack,

the crowded party, I couldn't seem to see

were chatting near the hors d'oeuvres table. "Have you seen

a while. Maybe she's in the restroom or something. She said

and made my way out of the grand banquet hall, through the servants' passageways and up the back staircase, figuring that if Nina

I checked the bathroom, but it was just as

Where could she be?

to pound in my chest. I hoped she was alright; and then I remembered that she had gone to get some ginger ale. As I approached the bar again, I decided to ask the bartender, hoping he might have seen