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."

moment, blinking with astonishment, before he finally released his

his head. "I didn't think it would be so dangerous. Mila has changed

shaky, but I let my mom support me on her arm. "You both knew

weary face. "It's a long story, Nina," he said, his voice a touch gentler now. "One that we cannot discuss

respond, but before I could, Enzo stepped forward and took my arm. "Your dad is right, Nina. We're all

should you." My father nodded and smoothed down

alright, Aldric." Enzo looked at my father squarely, and in that

collar around his neck picked at. "We will talk in the morning," my father said. He crossed the room to meet me, and took

stiffly. Without another word, my father pulled me into his strong, warm arms. I felt my mother and Tyler wrap their arms around me, too, and in that

Enzo. But within a few moments, the pain began to fade. Whatever special

murmured as I moved my hand beneath the sparkling surface of the water. "Like we've been trapped in sleep this whole

a little further down. "I wish it were just a dream. But even if it were, I'd have to wonder what's

a soft sigh and picked up a nearby sponge, which I used to begin gently dabbing at Enzo's skin. He was in worse shape than I was, having had the silver ropes

drop of your blood,"

Mila's," Enzo said softly. "She seems to be grasping at

desperately searching for a way to

"She worked with Tim and the others for

else would a fearsome dragon cult leader work as a doctor for a hockey team?" The thought of it made me laugh a

got out alive in the end, thanks to my father. Mila may have claimed that she would keep us alive, but

about her, you know." I pulled back a bit to look up at Enzo. "We can't just let her-" "Hey." Enzo sat up and took both of my