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."

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

swallowed. "You're

she said. "I can make an announcement

With that, I returned

in my eyes but I choked them back furiously. I had to focus on how the hell I was going to find

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

up my text conversation with Enzo, but there was nothing new. Nothing since thirty

middle of our little main office back at HQ, where everyone was gathered: me, Luke, Lori

didn't call me back, either," Mart said, slipping his phone

worrying was that his phone had been ringing last night, but now it went to voicemail each time we called, meaning that

Daphne began, but I cut her off with a

trouble him without more information. I need to be certain that something bad happened before we go gerting my

My heart was lodged painfully in my throat as a myriad of terrifying possibilities whirled

I thought to myself, not when Enzo had gone missing the same day. But I had to cling to hope that he was

hold my voice

tapping on the computer keyboard. "We'll

"Yeah. Maybe."

of 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

should have been home this morning. He should be in my

hell was

of my thoughts. I forced myself to meet his steady eyes, which grounded me even though we were thousands of feet in the sky. He had always had this uncanny ability to pull me back

for

the ball of my foot. I quickly stopped, stretching my leg out beneath the seat in front of me to give the muscle a