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."

day, and maybe it wasn't so wrong for me to feel relieved that he was

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

said, chuckling wryly.

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

sun had just finished its nightly descent behind the horizon, and I was curled up cozily beneath a blanket in bed, watching

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

that was when

erupted just outside the window.

around, I spotted a familiar red bird pecking violently at the glass pane. Her usually melodic

was Daphne. Something

and fumbled with the latch, finally flinging the window open.

back into her petite human form,

to me and grasped my shoulders

ice. "W What?"

grimly. She grasped my wrist, yanking me out of sight of

a few hours now," she

you didn't

ordinary, so I just watched him. But then...

furrowed my brow and grabbed her by the shoulders, willing her to gather her wits. "What do you mean, he's

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 dozen of them, including the yellow-eyed wolf, just surrounded

my palms 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? Were