My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0685

Nina

My heart slammed against my ribs as the bone-chilling howls sounded again outside the darkened house. The wolves had us surrounded. Beside me, Daphne shook with fear. She turned to me, her eyes wide and her red hair wildly framing her face.

"What should we do?" she whispered, looking around frantically.

I swallowed, bolting over to the window, and that was when I saw them: the dozen or so dark shapes moving toward the house in sync, coming from all directions. "Shit," I whispered, whirling around.

Just then, a loud click echoed from downstairs-the front door unlocking, God, I never should have kept a spare key outside. How could I be so stupid?

"They're inside," I whispered harshly. I turned to Daphne then. "Daphne, you have to fly down to the Peacekeeper headquarters. Tell them I need their help."

Her eyes widened even further, if that was even possible. "But I can't leave you," she whispered. "Nina, I can't—" "Just go." I quickly crossed the room once more and flung the window open again, gesturing to it wildly. "Ely as fast as you can."

Daphne paused, but only for a moment before she nodded and shifted back into her bird form, fluttering desperately toward the open window. I watched her vanish into the night, then took a deep, shuddering breath before I crept silently toward the hallway closet, my pulse racing.

Heavy boots stomped around on the floor below. Quickly and silently, I cracked the closet door open and slipped inside, just out of sight. I tried to steady my breathing, straining to hear the muffled voices over the jackhammering of my heart. "Check everywhere," a male voice barked. "Find the girl!"

My heart sank. So they were looking for me. This was no ordinary burglary. But why? What did they want with me? Were they the Crescents, coming back for revenge? It had to be; I couldn't think of anyone else who would want me dead.

The footsteps came closer then, pounding up the stairs. I squeezed my eyes shut, praying that somehow, they wouldn't check the closet first.

bedroom. I leaned against the wall inside the closet,

I couldn't hide here forever, because they'd certainly check this closet. I needed to try for my car keys while I still had the chance. Maybe, just maybe, I could slip past the intruders and speed away in the truck before they

and scanned the dark

the stairwell below, but there was an open window of

the dining room, grab my keys off of the hook in the foyer and sprint out the door. It was

halfway down the stairs, something happened: a floorboard groaned loudly beneath my foot. I froze,

yelled from the living room, footsteps pounding toward me. I whirled around and fled back up the stairs,

to latch the tiny window. There was a small flat

Then, moments later,

out, quickly closing the distance between us. I screamed and tried to dart past him, but he

flew into chaos. Everything happened all at once, time slowing down and moving too quickly at the same time. I could barely even comprehend what was happening

shrieked, shielding

a familiar voice echoed ethereally through

brow; I knew

"Selena?" I whispered.

dimmed, revealing the man laying on the tile floor in front of me, unconscious. Then, the next wave of chaos came: a thunderous crash echoed from downstairs. Furious howls and shouts filled the night air as Luke and the others launched into a battle with the hostile

raced to the broken bathroom door and peered out. At the end of the hall, Matt's huge black wolf form collided with a burly man, slamming him to the floor. The man cried out,

pack's Mindlink to warn me.

need to tell me twice. I bolted down the hallway, past the fight, and