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."

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

to it. People

trapped," I muttered, my hand touching

neither." Sarah grinned. "But you know, that first pregnancy really was a learning curve. Now, I feel like I've got a pretty good understanding of what I'm supposed to do; not just with the pregnancy, but

"I feel like I'm going into this blind. It was 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 the record, it's okay to feel lost.

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

in a while. It felt nice to talk to

just as I was beginning to relax, the cafe

accompanied by her entourage

I muttered, hiding my face with my hand.

the cat

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

whirling around on her heel and walking away, her friends on her

sort of behavior would have been left behind in high school," I

Lea cheated on her boyfriend and that's how she got pregnant. The baby daddy, of course, took off. Apparently the

was so intrigued by my marriage with Enzo; she was jealous, after all. "Look, just ignore her," Sarah

wouldn't wish her on my worst enemy," I retorted

Tell me about

walked up to Lea's

it seemed