My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0650

Nina

Enzo and I stumbled out of the swirling vortex of colors into the quiet forest of

Mountainview. The moonlit sky and the familiar scent of pine trees should have been a relief, but it wasn't. Instead, my stomach roiled inside of me and my head spun, threatening to send the contents of my stomach sprawling across the forest floor.

I wavered where I stood, gripping my head. Stepping through portals while pregnant was no joke, and at that moment, I almost wondered if I had made a mistake by leaving the werewolf realm. But I couldn't stay, not after what I had learned. I wanted to go home.

Enzo, noticing my struggle, wrapped his strong arm around my waist and steadied me. "Easy there, my love," I heard his voice say gently through the storm of sickness. "I've got you."

I clung to him, my head spinning. I felt him guiding me somewhere, but I was too out of it to notice where he was taking me.

The transition from one realm to another hadn't made me this sick since my very first time doing it. I had to take deep breaths in through my nose and out through my mouth just to keep myself from vomiting right where I was.

After a few moments, the dizziness finally began to ebb away, and I opened my eyes to find myself sitting on a moss-covered rock that Enzo had moved me to. Enzo was kneeling beside me, his gaze filled with worry as he rubbed my back in circles.

"You gonna be okay?" he asked softly.

I nodded, my voice barely more than a whisper. "Yeah," I said. "I'll be okay."

away from my face, his touch gentle and reassuring.

a weak smile. "Sorry. It's just because of the pregnancy.

vision was beginning to clear and I didn't feel quite as much like I was about to empty the

though, my thoughts began to drift back to the decision we had just made. Leaving the werewolf realm had been a difficult choice, but one I knew was necessary. I knew I had promised I would stay there for the duration of my pregnancy, but I just couldn't stay there any longer, not after everything that had happened tonight, not

as I sat there. When my vision finally came back into focus, I could see that his eyes were filled with a

made the right decision by coming home?" he asked,

hesitation. "Yes," I replied. "I never wanted to live there for the entire pregnancy, anyway. And I'm tired of doing what my parents order me to do. I may be a princess now, but I'm still me. I'm

fingers tightened around mine. "You know I'll support your decision," he said softly. I sighed, the weight of my father's actions still heavy on my heart. "What hurt the most about everything was finding out that my own father believes I'm so incapable of handling myself that he needs to send spies after me," I confessed, my

Then, he spoke softly, his words measured. "I know. But... maybe your father

after I had stormed out earlier was no laughing matter. "Your father spoke to me in private,"

do you mean?" I asked, furrowing

to bring them to the party was naive and foolish, and it was never going to help us be taken seriously. And now, I'm not so sure if we'll even have that

My father's words tonight hadn't been completely misguided.

to the sounds of the forest. The breeze rustled through the trees, and

after some time, turning to

I said

here, in Mountainview, protecting the place we call home and the people we love. We can pave our own way, just as we always

I nodded in agreement. "You're right," I whispered. "This