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."

paused for a moment, thinking. I supposed that maybe people would look at me in the same way, someday. "I'm only twenty-one," I said a bit sheepishly. "I'm not really

nodded. "They certainly will. Being a young mom comes with a certain... stigma attached to it. People

feel trapped," I muttered, my hand touching

feel like I've got a pretty good understanding of what I'm supposed to do; not just

don't mind me asking?" I replied. "I feel like I'm going into this blind. It was

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

easily as Sarah continued to share stories from her first pregnancy and offered

It felt nice to talk

as I was beginning to relax, the cafe door

Lea, accompanied

my hand. Sarah's gaze followed

the cat

"Say something, Sarah?" she hissed, sauntering over to

walking away, her friends on her trail. "Geez," Sarah said with a slight scoff as

have been left behind

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

intrigued by my marriage with Enzo; she was jealous, after all.

on my worst enemy," I retorted with a

Tell me

to Lea's table with a cup of coffee in hand. She seemed to recognize Lea and paused

couldn't make out what exactly was said, but it seemed as though the word 'homewrecker' was