My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0710

Luke aimed a corkscrewing bolt at my face. I caught it against my shoulder as I twisted aside. The impact drove me back a step with a snarl. Had to make this look convincing.

I rushed him full-on once again, plowing through another sizzling bolt of electricity. My bulk crashed into him, knocking us both down in a thrashing tangle of limbs.

I snapped at his neck, but he pressed a palm against my chest. The jolt singed my fur, but hardly more than that; he was holding back. I flung myself off of him with a fake yelp of pain, causing the crowd to swell.

We gained our feet, panting theatrically as though we were actually fighting. I licked an oozing claw-gash along my foreleg. Not bad for round one. The energy in the arena had reached a fever pitch.

Now to start act two.

I bit down just hard enough to pierce the flesh of his human disguise, but not hard enough to cause

sparks, making it appear as though I had been forced to release him. I circled around, limping theatrically and letting out pained whimpers. Had to play up the fight, make it seem real. Soon, though, it would be over. And

bad having to keep her in the dark, of course, but it was for the best if only Luke and I were in on it. Last night, when Nina had been fast asleep,

viewing stand. My lips peeled back

flank. Snarling, I launched straight into another charge. He tried to check my rush with both hands pressed outward in

Just as planned.

carried me around him in a blur. Then, before he could wheel to track me, I

the dirt. In a blink I was on him, my jaws clamped hard onto the back of

my friend. He gave an infinitesimal nod. Approval. It was time for our spectacle to come to an end. I clamped my jaws shut like a steel trap, biting hard into muscle and sinew. Luke's

together and a cheek splitting grin spread across her manic face. Beside her, however, Nina continued to sit as still as a stone; tears streamed down her

it was all an act. For good measure,