My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0692

Nina

"Nina! Look at this."

My eyes locked onto the glinting silver strands that were pinched between Luke's fingers, almost sparkling in the sunlight. At first I simply gaped in confusion.

"Silver jewelry thread? It must have fallen off of Mila's blouse when she was here with Enzo," I said.

The very notion felt like a sword through my fracturing heart, twisting and plunging deeper. It was all beginning to make sense now... how long had he been lying to me?

I sank numbly onto the rumpled bed, putting my head in my hands as sobs began to wrack my frame. Enzo wrapped up in passion with another woman, while I was at home, pregnant, waiting for him...

I couldn't wrap my mind around the image no matter how I tried. And yet the proof mocked me all around this room. I could see it everywhere: the crumbled sheets, the indentations in the pillows, the used water glasses, and now the threads.

Mila had been here, with my husband, and now he was gone. Maybe I never stood a chance against her beauty.

"I can't believe he would do this to me, to us," I murmured through my sobs. "It doesn't make any sense.

"Oh, Nina..." Luke's voice came out stiff and choked. The mattress dipped a little bit as he sat down beside me, one hand gently grasping my shoulder. "We don't need to assume anything just yet. We don't know the full story."

I shook my head bitterly even as tears streamed down my cheeks.

"You saw the footage," I said. "He went with her willingly, Luke. Maybe.. maybe he just doesn't want me anymore." I pressed both palms to my swollen belly. "Maybe he doesn't want us..."

choked off my words. I turned my face into Luke's sturdy chest, finally letting the anguish pour out of me. Enzo breaking our sacred bond.

me his quiet strength holding me together while I shook apart on

into hiccups. I pulled away, wiping my eyes roughly on my sleeves. Luke studied me with stoic sympathy, still absentmindedly holding the

sense," he said, staring off into the distance. "Why would

she must have torn free in their passionate throes together. I squeezed my eyes shut, fresh anguish searing through

But then, something happened.

burning pain suddenly erupted on my arm. My eyes flew open to see Luke recoiling, the

shoulder furiously. The spot where he had laid those metal threads

with his eyes wide, shot to his feet. "I didn't mean to," he said, eyeing the threads in his palm. "I

simmering into

brow and leaned in, still throbbing from that sudden bum. Then, I inhaled sharply

"Pure silver?" I muttered.

to his palm. "I had my suspicions, but I wasn't sure," he said softly. "But now... it seems like that's the

could still be jewelry or something,"

this come loose from a necklace or a shirt?" he asked. "And besides, pure silver wouldn't just shred

silence as we both considered the possibilities. It made no sense, now that I thought of it. Luke was right; it had

from a tassel, maybe?" I said, standing and crossing to the window to look at

was nothing in the room that could

eyes widened. "Rope,"

frowned. "What do you

rope," Luke said thoughtfully. "And besides, it hasn't been unheard of in the supernatural realm, to

wide as I took in Luke's words." So you're saying that someone may

pocketing the threads. "It's a possibility," he said. "It would have to be someone who knew exactly what he was. Someone who knows about his weaknesses, and who knows where to find-or