My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0704

Nina

"To the death."

Enzo and I took a step back, eyeing Mila cautiously.

"To the death?" Enzo scoffed. "Mila, are you insane?"

"No." She shrugged, checking her crimson nails. "Not insane. It's tradition."

"Enlighten us, then," I hissed. I had absolutely no intention of battling my own husband to the death. There had to be a crack in Mila's facade, somehow, somewhere. I was determined to find it; I had done the same with evil people before. What made Mila so different?

"Let me make this perfectly clear," Mila purred, her voice dripping with a mixture of disdain and mockery." Tomorrow, at the crack of dawn, you two will battle fiercely to the death. No tricks, no mercy will be permitted- just a vicious brawl until one lone victor remains breathing. Do we have an understanding?"

She lifted one slender brow when she was finished, regarding us like insects she planned to squash beneath the heel of her boot. I hadn't felt this small since before we had ended the Lana's reign.

I swallowed hard past the knot in my throat, gripping Enzo's feverish hand tightly. The prolonged contact with Mila's sadistic silver cage had left his skin hot and inflamed. Soon, my skin would be the same; assuming I lived.

"You sadistic witch!" Enzo growled. He rushed forward and smashed a fist against the bars, causing both Luke and I to jump, but then he recoiled as the silver seared his flesh.

I rushed over to him. He sank to his knees with a guttural groan, cradling his burnt hand. "I'll never kill my wife, you bitch," he growled. "Never."

dagger-sharp nails nonchalantly, unaffected by his outburst. "Then I expect she'll

your tradition," Enzo growled, still clutching his

taking a step forward. "What are the stipulations?" I asked. "You have to have a reason behind only wanting one of us

it is born, I will claim it as my own, and cast Nina out; but the baby will be safe and cared for, and will want for nothing." Blinking back furious tears, I

mine. "Then you will die choking on your own blood. And once you're gone, my sweet mate will breed me an army of noble dragon heirs,

with nausea and rage. Before I could spit out a response, Enzo snarled from his knees, "We will never submit to you, Mila. This

a silky laugh. "Spirited words... but empty threats," she said. "Refuse my challenge tomorrow, and I'll simply execute both Nina and the child

gown hissing over the floor. The long train

the door. "At dawn, I'll return for

behind her and the guards with a shuddering slam,

broke down in Enzo's blistered arms. My body crumpled

terrified and utterly weak surrounded by all of this silver. He clutched me fiercely to his chest

felt the barely leashed violence thrumming through his muscles-a promise

prison to weaken us, not necessarily to contain us. Even if we somehow managed to sneak out of here and

of us where we stood, and begin a

haggard features. "Nina, look at me," he said softly, forcing me to meet his eyes. "If we have to fight tomorrow, there's no way I can win. Not if it means killing you and our unborn child. You have to live so you can find a way out; so you need to kill

I hissed, yanking free of his grip. "I'm not killing you. We'll find a

entire place is crawling with armed guards, we're trapped in literal

to mention her army of shifters," Enzo added. "They're

we can do," I said.