My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0651

Nina

Eventually, the hatch to the tunnels came into view. It was nestled in the woods, not far from where we had taken the portal in, covered loosely with leaves and pine needles. No one ever came out here, and if they did, they paid it no mind; to the naked eye, it was nothing more than a hatch leading to a maintenance bunker for the campus.

But to us, it meant so much more.

"I hate going in there," I said softly, drawing in a deep breath as we approached.

Enzo stopped in his tracks and sent me an apologetic look. He knew firsthand the horrors that we experienced down there, although I think he was braver than me. He never complained about it like I did.

"You don't have to," he said. "I can take you home."

But I shook my head. "No," I said, "it's okay, I need to start getting used to it."

Enzo nodded gently. "Remember, it's different now," he assured me. "It's nothing at all like it was before."

I nodded, realizing that he was right. Taking his hand, I followed him over to the hatch. He stooped down and inserted his key into the latch, and when it clicked open, he lifted it and gestured toward the ladder that would take us down.

"Ladies first."

Taking another deep breath, I hiked up my skirt and began climbing down the ladder. It felt so much longer than it ever did before, like I was descending for an eternity. But finally my feet hit solid ground; Enzo followed closely behind and, taking my hand, led me further down the corridor.

My heart pounded in my chest as we continued to walk, but my wolf stirred, her presence calming me. She was a reminder that I was stronger than I used to be, even if Edward reared his ugly head again, he couldn't hurt me.

Not anymore.

lit corridor and slowly came closer and closer to the main area of the

wanted to share our decision with them. They were my home, and no matter what, I knew that they

for late nights spent down here, and I could already hear the voices of my friends as we approached. The

relieved glances and picked up

and Matt were there. They were still dressed in their party attire, and seemed to be explaining everything-quite animatedly, might

suspiciously.

halted their conversation and turned to face us, relief dawning

stepped forward, enveloping Lori and Jessica in a tight hug. "I'm so sorry what happened back there,"

throat as we all turned to face him, and rubbed the back of his

exchanged a knowing glance before breaking into soft laughter. "Guys, it's alright," Lori said, her voice

nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we're just glad to be back," she

a weight lifting off of my chest. "Yeah, I guess it was," I said. "I just wish it

through her hair, a contemplative look on her face. "Can I be

nodded. "Of course. We're

werewolf realm is for me," she said. "So in the future, I won't be going back. Not until it's safer for humans, at least-and who knows how

without a moment of

have been talking." I said. "We've realized that we're not leaving. Not for the werewolf realm,

a moment, and our friends

his arms folded across his chest. "I mean, with the..." His voice trailed off, but his eyes, which landed on my belly, said all

been monumentous, but something else had happened tonight; I had chalked it up to the