My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0676

Nina

Sarah and I walked into the local cafe together, where we ordered two cups of tea and found a warm corner table to settle in. I sank down into my seat, feeling a little bolstered by the prospect of a new friend.

"So," Sarah said, taking the lid off of her cup to let her tea cool. The steam wafted up between us, scented like chamomile. "How's your first pregnancy going?"

I chewed the inside of my cheek and paused for a beat too long. There was, of course, so much I couldn't tell her. It felt a bit isolating here sometimes, knowing that I had to keep my real nature a secret.

That was the one thing about the werewolf realm that was appealing; there was no need to hide the truth. And yet, there was so much there that was unappealing, too.

Sarah noticed my hesitance and quirked an eyebrow. "I mean, if you don't want to talk about it—"

"Oh, no," I said, snapped back to the present all of a sudden. "I just don't know where to start, that's all. It's been a... rollercoaster. To say the least."

Sarah let out a wry chuckle. "I feel that," she said. "My first pregnancy was the same way."

I raised an eyebrow. Sarah, who didn't look much older than me and currently appeared to be about five months pregnant, had already had a first child. "How many children do you have?" I found myself asking.

She smirked and patted her growing bump. "This is my third."

"Your third?" I asked, then immediately stopped myself when I realized how I sounded. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. It's just shocking, that's all."

"No worries," Sarah replied with a laugh. "I get that all of the time. I'm only twenty seven, and when people hear I'm on my third pregnancy, they're usually shocked."

only twenty-one," I said a bit sheepishly. "I'm not really showing my bump yet, but I'm sure people will be shocked when

certain... stigma attached to it. People often think that you're stupid, or

don't feel trapped," I muttered, my hand

a learning curve. Now, I feel like I've got a pretty good understanding of what I'm supposed to do; not just with

get to that point, if you don't mind me asking?" I replied. "I feel like I'm going into this blind. It was a surprise pregnancy not unwelcome, but still

a few online forums. But the best advice I got was from other moms. They told me to trust my instincts and take each day as it comes. And for

to share stories from her first pregnancy and offered tips on everything from dealing with morning sickness

more than I had in a while. It felt

beginning to relax, the cafe door

walked Lea, accompanied by her entourage of

hand. Sarah's gaze followed mine,

cat dragged in," she

over to us. "Say something, Sarah?" she hissed, sauntering over to us. She paused then,

by whirling around on her heel and walking away, her friends on her trail. "Geez," Sarah

thought this sort of behavior would have

she said, then leaned forward, lowering her voice. "From what I hear, Lea cheated on her boyfriend and that's how she got pregnant. The baby daddy, of course, took off. Apparently the boyfriend is still in the picture, although she's always on the prowl for someone

why she was so intrigued by my marriage with Enzo; she was jealous, after all. "Look,

on my worst

"Yeah. Tell me

something unexpected happened. A patron, a middle-aged woman with an angry look in her eyes, walked up to Lea's table with a cup of coffee in hand. She seemed to recognize

was said, but it seemed as though the word