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."

Once again, my friends were spot on. Enzo and I did need each other at the end of the day, and maybe it wasn't so wrong for me to

carve his own path and make his own choices instead of

chuckling

or call at some point, but he never did. Figuring that

up cozily beneath a blanket in bed, watching an old

I was laughing along to a scene, tears in my eyes and a half-eaten bowl of popcorn

was

tapping erupted just outside the window. Popcorn went flying, and I

red bird pecking violently at the glass pane. Her usually melodic chirps came

was Daphne. Something was

finally flinging the

the room in a red feathered frenzy before shifting abruptly back into

and grasped my shoulders in both hands, her eyes wide with dread.

What?" I stammered. "You mean the yellow-eyed

my wrist, yanking me out of sight of

lurking for a few hours now," she said, her voice dropping to an

"What? And you didn't tell me?"

"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 her body. She

grabbed her by the shoulders, willing her to

sudden, a bunch of other wolves emerged from the woods. A dozen of them, including the yellow-eyed wolf, just surrounded the house. Nina, I think they're planning a

turning clammy at this information. A dozen wolves, surrounding the house? They must have known that Enzo was gone. But why were they coming for me?