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.

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

was gone. I took in a shuddering breath, absorbing the weight

my mother then, unable to contain

your tune like that?" I asked, my voice a mixture of confusion and gratitude for her

that took up an entire wall of the living room, but it was

about what you said

my

we were just kids, but it didn't make our efforts any less true. We all

to the window, her eyes straining

my question," I said quietly. "You two didn't

mother shrugged. "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

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 stood there in a tight hug,

back slightly to look at my mother.

small smile playing on her lips. "Your father is stubborn, just like you, but he'll come to his senses eventually. He loves

you're staying, Angelica, Tyler. It means a lot to Nina, and

was growing all too quickly inside of me. "Besides," I said softly, "I won't deny the fact that it's a bit

"It's what a mother is for," she said, before

this house yet, but we had the space for