My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0683 Nina

"He'll be okay, Nina. I promise."

Jessica's voice came through the phone loud and clear, reassuring as ever. But despite her insistence, I just wasn't buying it.

"I just... I feel like something is going to go wrong," I found myself saying. "Is that crazy?"

"Yes, Yes, it is." That was Lori that time. She was sitting in the background of the FaceTime call, eating a peanut butter sandwich. Normally, her matter-of-fact attitude would have made me laugh, but not today.

"Lori," Jessica hissed, smacking her in the leg. "Rude."

I let out a soft sigh. "No, no, she's right," I said. "I'm just hormonal, I think. The doctor warned me of this. He'll be home first thing in the morning."

"And he's staying home this time?" Jessica asked. "He's not taking the job after all, is he?"

"I think he's staying." I paused, biting my lip. It broke my heart a bit that he wasn't taking his dream job, but it had ultimately been his decision to turn it down. Maybe it would be for the best. "Is it bad that I'm a little relieved?" I blurted out.

Jessica and Lori shrugged in unison. "It's not bad," Lori said. "You're pregnant. Oh, and your life is like one big movie. You never know when danger is on its way."

Now, I finally laughed. Lori was right; sometimes, it felt as if the moment one thing cleared up, more danger found its way to me. I felt like a magnet sometimes, always attracting some sort of drama. But I wouldn't have it any other way, really.

"Yeah," I finally said. "Maybe it's for the best if we're together during this pregnancy."

"Honestly," Jessica chimed in, "he should be with you throughout the pregnancy anyway. We know you love your independence, Nina, but he made a good decision in sticking with you instead of taking that job. You need each other right now."

need each other at the end of the day, and maybe it wasn't so wrong for me to feel relieved that he was staying. I just felt like a bit

own choices instead of strong-arming him into following his dreams', none of

said, chuckling wryly. "I guess you're

hoping that maybe he would text or call at some point, but he never did. Figuring that he was busy, though, I decided not to bother him, instead opting to spend the day

curled up cozily beneath a blanket in bed, watching an

romance about a professor and her PhD student. I was laughing along to a scene, tears in my eyes and

that was

nearly jumped out of my skin when a sudden, frantic tweeting followed by sharp tapping erupted just outside the window. Popcorn went flying, and I felt my heart pound

at the glass pane. Her usually melodic chirps came

Something

fumbled with the latch, finally flinging the window open. Daphine immediately

frenzy before shifting abruptly back into her petite human form, her ginger hair falling haphazardly into

thank god!" She rushed over to me and grasped my shoulders

What?" I

my wrist, yanking me out of sight of the

a few hours now," she said, her voice

eyes widened. "What? And you didn't tell me?" I

swallowed. "He lurks a lot," she said. "Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so I just watched him. But then... he's not alone anymore, Nina..." Daphne's voice trailed off, a shudder quaking

grabbed her by the shoulders, willing her to gather her wits. "What do

breath. When she spoke, her words tumbled out like an avalanche. "He was alone all this time, but then... All of a sudden, a bunch of

surrounding the house? They must have known that Enzo was gone. But why were they