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.

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

shuddering breath, absorbing the weight of the situation. Enzo's hand tightened slightly on my back, a silent but knowing gesture

turned to my mother then, unable to contain the million

confusion

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

thinking a lot about what you said the other night," she said softly. "About the

furrowed my brow. "You

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

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

"You two didn't have to stay. I don't want to put a strain between you two and my

besides, who am I to try and make your pack fall apart by forcing you to come back to

my throat, my eyes stinging with tears. This acknowledgment from 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 embrace her. Tyler joined us, wrapping his arms around us both. We

said, pulling back slightly to look at my mother. "Worried that you and

stubborn, just like you, but he'll come to his senses eventually.

spoke. "I'm glad you're staying, Angelica, Tyler. It means a lot

my hand hovering over my belly, where the little life was growing all too quickly inside of me. "Besides," I said

is for," she said, before

glances, a silent agreement. Tyler and my mother hadn't been to this house yet, but we had the space for them. We led them upstairs, where there were two spare bedrooms; one for each