My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 722

Chapter 0722

Nina

The first thing I felt was the sensation of soft carpet on my cheek. Then, I felt hands on me, lifting me up to a sitting position. The third thing I noticed were faces: Enzo, Luke, my mother and my brother.

"Nina?" Enzo murmured. "Nina, are you okay?"

I nodded stiffly, although my throat was still too choked up to speak. We were back in my father's mansion-in his study, to be exact.

My mother stooped down beside me and cupped my face in her hands. "She looks pale. I'll call the doctor."

"No." I finally found the strength to speak and rubbed my sore wrists. "I'm fine. Really, I'm fine. Where's Dad?"

Enzo and my mother looked back and forth between each other. I began to fear the worst, considering what I had seen just before the portal closed; but then, as if on cue, the sound of more fizzling filled the air. A moment later, my father stepped into the room.

And he was furious.

"You fool!" he boomed. He strode across the room without hesitation and picked Enzo up by the shirt collar, practically lifting him right off of his feet. "Your one job in life is to protect my daughter, and you—"

"No." Before my father could finish, Luke climbed to his feet. A servant was working at the lock on his collar, trying to pick it open, but he waved her away. "I was the one who led Nina there. I knew where we were potentially headed, and still I let it happen."

for a moment, blinking with astonishment, before

think it would be so dangerous. Mila has changed considerably in the past

stood now, my legs were shaky, but I let my mom support me

"It's a long story, Nina," he said, his voice a touch gentler now. "One

opened my mouth to respond, but before I could, Enzo stepped forward and took my arm. "Your dad is right,

nodded and smoothed down his shirt. "I'm sorry for

Enzo looked at my father squarely, and in that moment, there was an unspoken understanding that seemed to

still having the collar around his neck picked at.

and nodded stiffly. Without another word, my father pulled me into his strong, warm arms. I felt my mother

But within a few moments, the pain began to fade. Whatever special oils my father's servants had put

murmured as I moved my hand beneath the sparkling surface of

down. "I wish it were just a dream. But

dabbing at Enzo's skin. He was in worse shape than I was, having had the silver ropes binding him for longer. His skin was blistered and

blood," I whispered. "For trace amounts of

Mila's," Enzo said softly.

kind, desperately searching for a way to bring her people back to their former glory. But her path was

wonder if she knew about you all this time," I said as I continued dabbing at Enzo's skin. "She worked with Tim and the others for five years, after all. It seems like she must have been working at

else would a fearsome dragon cult leader work as a doctor for a hockey team?" The thought of it made me laugh a bit, even though I didn't really feel

end, thanks to my father. Mila may have claimed that she would keep us alive, but she seemed so disconnected from her own mind that there was no telling exactly what she might have done in

of my hands in his. There was an earnest look in his brown eyes. "Let's just rest tonight, okay? I think our