My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0700 Nina

"Are you coming or not, little wolf?"

Luke and I shot each other an uneasy look as the man stood in front of us with his unlit lantern.

"Where are you taking us?" I asked tentatively.

The man huffed. "To the queen," he said annoyedly. "And if you don't hurry, we might be too late for your husband. The ritual only takes so long."

That was all the convincing I needed. Despite Luke's worried glance, I followed the man out the door and back into the humid air. More onlookers had gathered now, intrigued by our sudden appearance, but I hardly noticed then with my thoughts churning so dizzyingly.

I didn't know where exactly we were going, but as long as it brought us closer to Enzo, then I would take whatever I could get.

Over the next half hour, our silent guide threaded his way easily between lush tropical foliage without glancing back or slowing to match our clumsy foreign footsteps. I stumbled over tangled roots in an attempt to keep up, my skin caked with sweat from the heat and the damp air.

my elbow when I nearly fell over an exposed root. But the man didn't

out over his shoulder. "No time to

ascent we had unwittingly taken through the foliage. We had been climbing up and up for

this strange man was leading us on a wild goose chase

man stopped in front of the opening, tinkering with his lantern until it flickered to life. "Ready?" he

the dark cave. "In there?" I asked,

at this point, I couldn't tell if it was an actual huff of annoyance or if it was just a cough. "I thought

"I do."

"Then follow me."

stood there, unsure, before I took a

I don't think this is a good idea,"

into the distance.

sigh, but didn't protest any further. Together, hand-in-hand, we made our way into the cave with