My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0713

Nina

The cool, smooth fingers over my mouth were the first thing I noticed. Next, was the strangely familiar voice... soft and soothing.

"It's okay, Nina. I'm getting you out of here."

As my eyes came to focus in the dark room, the next thing I made out was a curly head of red hair, a freckled nose, and bright green eyes.

Daphne.

Once she realized that I wasn't going to scream, she let out a soft sigh of relief and removed her hand from my mouth, taking a step back "We don't have much time," she whispered. "Come on, we've got to go."

I sat up abruptly, blinking. How could this be?

"A-Am I dreaming? Hallucinating?"

"No," Daphne said firmly. "Now wake Enzo up, and be quiet. We have to hurry."

She didn't need to tell me twice. I quickly turned around and shook Enzo violently. He startled awake, his brown eyes shooting open in an instant.

"What? What?" he murmured, shock coming over his face. "Nina, are you-

"Shh." I put a finger to Enzo's lips and nodded my head toward Daphne. His eyes widened with fear at first, then recognition, and then utterly immense relief just as I had felt only moments before.

"How the hell..."

"I have my ways," Daphne said quietly, checking over her shoulder as she spoke. "Spying on people is my job, remember?"

that I hadn't seen in what felt like months now. Together, both of us

she said. "I brought you a fresh change.

it to reveal two sets of all-black clothes. We both put them on, feeling relief at the sensation of something clean on our bodies. It would be easier to move

Daphne peered out the

one?

my heart clench. A fresh wave of sorrow washed over me as the image of his dead body flashed through my mind. I leaned forward, my

"Luke... Luke is..."

"Alive."

written across his face. But it couldn't be possible. I had seen Luke's body. I had seen the

had told me himself that their plan to keep Luke alive and trick Mila had

"How"

keep it a secret, even from you," Enzo explained, taking a step toward me. "Just in case you were questioned. I had to make

it. My mouth fell agape at this new information-so my

throat. "There's no time for dilly-

"I... I'm not sure where they took

he is, we don't have time to look for him," she said. "We'll have to come

was horrible enough that I had thought he was dead already, but to leave him here knowing that he was alive after all? I couldn't even

way. I'm

forward and grabbed my hands, his brown eyes searching my face frantically. "I will come back for Luke, and I will bring him home safely. But right now, we need to get out. More specifically, we need to get

gaze as my own eyes searched his with just as much fervor. I wanted to stay here, to find our friend and

to think about my baby. Luke would be furious if he knew that I

how much it hurt,

I swear on my life," Enzo

was in the doorway again, her green eyes frantic in the

dark obsidian passageways felt like an endless nightmare. But up ahead, Daphne's red hair was like a beacon of hope. Enzo's hand was firm and steady around mine, pulling