My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 659

Chapter 0659

Nina

Luke and I were carefully winding through the country roads in my truck, chatting casually about the baby when we saw it. Up ahead, something darted across the road, pausing just long enough for the two of us to get a good look.

A yellow-eyed wolf.

"There!" Luke suddenly shouted, pointing to the fleeting glimpse of the large wolf darting across the road. "It's that bloody wolf!*

Its fur was a mottled gray color, almost ghost-like in the waning light. I realized, then, that I had in fact seen this wolf before. I had seen it on the night when I had left the hospital after Claiming Jessica.

There was no time to waste. Whether this was a spy of my father's or not, I was determined to catch it; it had, after all, nearly caused one of my best friends to die in a car crash. And she would have died, too, if I hadn't Claimed her at just the right time.

I slammed my foot on the accelerator, the engine roaring to life as we surged forward. The old pickup truck groaned and jostled us as it tore down the bumpy road, kicking up a cloud of dust in our wake.

"Hold on!" I yelled over the din of the engine, adrenaline surging through my veins.

Luke braced himself against the dashboard, his gaze never leaving the wolf. "Faster, Nina!" he cried out. "The little shit's getting away!"

He was right; the wolf was incredibly agile, moving effortlessly through the terrain, its muscular body weaving between trees and leaping over obstacles. And yet, all the while, it stuck to the side of the road, occasionally slowing down just to pick its speed back up again once our distance closed a little more. It glanced back at us, its yellow eyes glinting like two small flames in its sockets.

it... luring us

I snapped, pushing the poor old pickup truck to its very limits. The truck whined beneath the strain, but

the road. The wolf seemed to be toying with

frustration boiling inside of me. This damn wolf was elusive as ever,

"It's heading towards the old creek," he said, pointing. "We can corner it if

ahead, its water shimmering in the fading sunlight. The wolf

wheel so tightly. But as we neared the creek, the wolf seemed to vanish into thin air, disappearing into

skidding to a stop just before we reached a small bridge that went over the creek. Panting, I slammed my hands against the steering wheel in a mix of anger

I hissed. "What the

onto his own face as well. "We'll catch that wolf eventually," he said, even though I don't think either of us believed those words. "We just need to find a way to trap it, that's

from the chase slowly ebbing away. "Yeah,

a glance. "Do you

on?" I asked. Luke nodded. "Yes," I continued. "Yes, I do. But why disappear at the last

"Leading us on a wild goose chase, just to win in the

"It seems so."

turned the truck around and began the quiet drive home after that. The sun had almost disappeared behind the horizon now, leaving the sky a beautiful tapestry of purples and oranges. It should have been peaceful, but it felt anything but that. I wanted to catch that damn wolf, but instead, it played a game of tag with me just before it pulled the wool over our eyes right at

why? Why

silence the rest of the way back to the house, without even the radio to keep me company as my mind whirled with thoughts. Finally, though, my home came into view, and I let out a soft sigh of relief that I didn't know I had been holding once I pulled into the

Or so I hoped.

at the hockey arena, playing a scrimmage with the team. I

as I could before the pregnancy, but it was okay. At least my