My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0662

Nina

I looked back and forth between my mother and my brother, feeling the weight of their hands in mine.

"You're joking," my father said, sounding just as incredulous as I felt at that moment. "You're staying here? Why?"

"Because she's my daughter," my mother said, narrowing her eyes. "Blood or not, she's mine. I won't give her ultimatums."

"Mom, Tyler, you guys really don't need to do this," I said, my voice unsteady, looking from my mother to Tyler and then to Enzo, who was still standing silently by my side, his hand resting reassuringly on my back.

But my mother just shook her head. "No, Nina," she said firmly, her voice carrying a weight that commanded the room's attention and took even my father by surprise. My mother was usually soft spoken these days, and her outbursts were few and far between. "I am standing by you."

"Angelica-* my father began, but my mother cut him off with a wave of her hand and a glint in her eyes that left no room for arguments.

"No, Aldric. Nina is right," she said, her voice firm but not entirely unkind. "Regardless of what happened with Selena, you can't just go around treating her like an insolent child forever. She's made her choice. She wants to stay here, in her own home. And if that's what my daughter wants, then I will stand by her."

My father scoffed, his gaze flitting between me and my mother. There was a sense of helplessness behind his eyes, a look that made me soften ever so slightly, but neither of us wavered.

"Alright," he finally said, pursing his lips into a thin, straight line. "I'll be waiting at home whenever you all decide to come back." With a final dismissive wave, he stepped back through the portal, which closed behind him with a hiss.

was left in the portal's and my father's wake, the air crackling with the last

breath, absorbing the weight of the situation. Enzo's

to my mother then, unable to contain the

my voice a mixture of confusion and

room. Her gaze lingered on the large window that took up an entire wall of the living room, but it was too dark to see outside now. Our reflections stared

you said the other night," she said softly. "About the

my brow. "You

that you were right; we were just kids, but it didn't make our efforts any less true. We all cared for each other immensely,

watched as she walked over to the window, her eyes straining to

mom, but that still doesn't answer my question," I said quietly. "You two didn't have to stay. I don't

"I want to stay because you're my daughter, and I want to be here for you. And besides, who am I to try and make your pack fall apart by forcing you to come back to the werewolf realm?"

my mother, her understanding of what I had found with Enzo and my friends, it meant more than I could express at that moment. "Mom..." I whispered, stepping forward to

said, pulling back slightly to look at my mother. "Worried that you and Tyler will be fighting with

"Your father is stubborn, just like you, but he'll come to his senses eventually. He loves us, Nina. He just has a hard time showing

who had been quietly observing, finally spoke. "I'm glad you're staying, Angelica, Tyler. It means a lot to Nina,

over my belly, where the little life was growing all too quickly inside of me. "Besides," I said softly, "I won't deny

mother is

glances, a silent agreement. Tyler and my mother hadn't been to this house yet, but we had the