My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0690

Enzo

I scrambled to my feet, my palms scraping on the icy stone floor. The swirling portal had vanished, abandoning me alone in this strange place. Smooth obsidian walls surrounded me, broken only by a high, domed ceiling. There were no visible doors or windows in the expansive circular room.

Except, I wasn't alone. As I looked up, I saw them: the audience.

With growing unease, I slowly turned, taking in the faces that started at me from perches high above. Shadowy figures lurked around the room's perimeter, partially obscured by tall black pillars.

I inhaled sharply. The scents of multiple animals-but something more, something... wrong. These weren't just animals. They were shifters.

Mila smiled, baring a row of teeth that locked all too white in this dark place.

"Welcome, my subjects!" she called out theatrically, her voice booming and echoing through the high ceilings. "We have a very special guest tonight... my new mate!"

as the implications sank in. I already had a mate, and even if I didn't, I

I snarled. But she

creatures around us shifted. Birds, cats, reptiles, animals I couldn't even recognize, turned into a sea of very 'human' faces. Their eyes glowed

And then they spoke.

and her

on the back of my neck began to raise. This didn't make sense. I knew that there were different species of shifters out there, but there were a lot of

on in disgusted shock. The people prostrated

doctor of a hockey team, was some sort of barbarian queen? Where even was I? Was I even above ground? Was

echoed from nowhere and everywhere at once. The misshapen congregation of people swayed

"Mate... mate... mate..."

I growled, straining against the silver ropes still holding

In the ringing silence she

and cries as the

thrashed desperately against them, but the silver rope that they suddenly thrust around my neck made me yell out in searing pain, my limbs going