My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0688

Nina

I leaned back against the airport terminal wall, scrolling anxiously through my recent texts to Enzo. There was nothing new, aside from my frantic messages asking where he was. My calls had been going straight to voicemail all morning, just like they had been the night before.

Even though dread was threatening to take over me, I tried to hold onto some hope. Maybe he had forgotten to charge his phone again. Yes, that had to be it.

"He'll probably be here any minute," Jessica said, her blue eyes following my concerned gaze down the empty airport terminal. "Give it another few minutes."

I mustered a strained smile. She had been saying that for the past twenty minutes, and yet he still hadn't shown up.

Still, seeing no signs of him emerging as the plane emptied, my palms grew clammy, my pulse quickening. Finally, the last tired stragglers passed through the gate.

No Enzo.

My throat tightened. Please, no. Had something happened?

"I'm going to talk to an employee," I said. Jessica met my gaze and nodded, unease darting through her own eyes. Offering Jessica a stiff smile, I slipped over to the counter. "Hello," I said, trying my best to keep my voice steady. “My husband was supposed to be on that plane, but he's not here. Can you check for me?"

The agent looked up at me over her wire-rimmed glasses and shot me a curious look. "I suppose," she said, sounding a little annoyed. I watched as she tapped away on her keyboard, my fingers worrying the hem of my shirt beneath the counter.

"Name?" she asked.

"Enzo Rivers."

nodded to herself. "Looks like a passenger by the name of Enzo Rivers never boarded when the plane departed three hours ago.

"You're sure?" I

said. "I can make an announcement just in case,

head tumbly. "Thanks." With that,

it." Tears burned in my eyes but I choked them back furiously. I had to focus on how the hell I was

ashen as I spoke. "Are you sure?" she asked. "Maybe he just missed the plane, so he stayed an extra night

nothing new. Nothing since thirty minutes ago, when I had texted him:

little main office back at HQ, where everyone was gathered: me, Luke, Lori and Jessica, Matt, and even

call me back, either," Mart said, slipping his phone in

was even more worrying was that his phone had been ringing last night, but now it went to

supernatural realm, tell your father-" Daphne began, but

without more information. I need to be certain that something bad happened before we

My heart was lodged painfully in my throat

had gone missing the same day. But I had

I said suddenly. I fought to hold my voice steady. We exchanged one silent look of

computer keyboard. "We'll

"Yeah. Maybe."

hours, Luke and I were hurdling thousands of feet above the earth. The sun was making its climb into the sky, but from up here it almost looked like sunset already. Normally, I would have been busy marveling over the puffy clouds and bright colors, but not

should have been home this morning. He should be in my arms now, but

hell was my

forced myself to meet his steady eyes, which grounded me even though we were thousands of feet in

been shaking your leg for the past ten minutes,"

that he was right; I had been twitching my leg nonstop, bouncing it on the ball of my foot. I quickly stopped, stretching my leg out beneath the seat in front of me to give the