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.

the guest bedroom. I leaned against the

my car keys while I still had the

open the closet door and scanned the dark hallway. Empty. This

footsteps silent. Shadows passed by the stairwell below, but there

was it; if I could just get down the stairs, I could race through the dining room, grab my keys off of the hook

foot. I froze, wincing

living room, footsteps pounding toward me. I whirled around and fled back up the stairs, my heart in

tub, fumbling to latch the tiny window. There was a small flat roof outside-maybe I could

violently. Then, moments later, the door splintered open and a burly figure

quickly closing the distance between us. I screamed and tried to dart past him, but he was too big, and he blocked

happened all at once, time slowing down and moving too quickly at the same time. I could barely even

shielding

a familiar voice echoed ethereally through the light. "You will not

my brow; I knew that

"Selena?" I whispered.

wave of chaos came: a thunderous crash

the unconscious man, I raced to the broken bathroom door and peered out. At the end of the hall, Matt's huge black wolf form collided

our pack's Mindlink

bolted down the hallway, past the fight, and began sprinting down the