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."

and maybe it wasn't so wrong for me to feel relieved that he was staying. I just felt like a bit of a fool

carve his own path and make his own choices instead of strong-arming him into following his dreams', none of this

finally said, chuckling wryly. "I guess you're

or call at some point, but he never did. Figuring that he was busy, though, I decided not to bother

cozily beneath a blanket in bed, watching an old movie on my laptop that I had seen

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

that was when it

followed by sharp tapping erupted just outside the window.

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

Daphne. Something was very

rushed over and fumbled with the latch, finally flinging

before shifting abruptly back into her

She rushed over to me and grasped my shoulders in both hands,

to ice. "W What?" I stammered. "You mean the

wrist, yanking me out of sight of

she said, her voice dropping to an

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

"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

furrowed my brow and grabbed her by the shoulders, willing her to gather

a deep 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 other wolves emerged from the woods. A

A dozen wolves, surrounding the house? They