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."

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

certain... stigma attached to it. People often think that you're stupid, or you don't know how to

feel trapped," I muttered, my hand touching my

I've got a pretty good understanding of what I'm supposed to do; not just with the pregnancy,

"I feel like

lips, "I read a lot of books, joined 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

as Sarah continued to share stories from her first pregnancy and offered tips on everything from

than I had in a while. It felt

just as I was beginning to

walked Lea, accompanied by her entourage of

I muttered, hiding my face with my hand. Sarah's gaze followed mine, and her

what the cat dragged in,"

predator-like eyes snapping over to us. "Say something, Sarah?" she hissed, sauntering over to us. She paused then, recognizing me. "Oh, if it isn't the hockey

her friends on her trail. "Geez,"

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

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

after all. "Look, just ignore her," Sarah

my worst enemy," I

Tell me about

up to Lea's

exactly was said, but it seemed as though the word