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!"

word echoed mockingly in my head. Mate? Revulsion and fury chumed in my stomach as the implications

But she

sea of very 'human' faces. Their eyes glowed as they looked

And then they spoke.

hail the queen and her

there were different species of shifters out there, but there were a lot of them here. Way more than I knew existed,

holding her arms outstretched over her head, while I looked on in disgusted shock. The people prostrated themselves, bowing to her as

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

furious drums and pipes suddenly echoed from nowhere and everywhere at once. The

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

I growled, straining against the silver ropes still holding

the music stopped. In the ringing silence she called out, "The claiming ceremony will occur

and squeals and cries as the crowd cheered.

them, but the silver rope that they suddenly thrust around my neck made