My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0724

My father's voice trailed off at that point. He dropped his head a bit, as though the memories pained him to recount.

"We shared secrets with one another," he said. "Secrets that no one else—not even your mother, Nina-ever discovered."

"But it all went south, didn't it?" Enzo whispered.

Aldric nodded slowly. "Mila had a small tribe of her kin; the last of her kind. It was my job to protect them in exchange for Mila's expertise. And I failed."

Mila burst into Aldric's chambers, the doors swinging outwards in front of her. Her hair was wild, and her eyes glowed like two emeralds. Aldric had gotten used to the dragon's frazzled appearance, and he went to wave her away.

"I'll speak with you in a moment"

"No." She stormed forward and slammed her fists on the table, causing Aldric's werewolf council to jump in unison. Fire flickered on her fingertips; without a word, the others got up and scurried out of the room in fear of the dragon's strength.

were alone. Another one of Mila's episodes, perhaps, he thought. But no-when he saw the tears in her eyes for the first time in twenty years, he knew

the first time since Aldric

through her choked screams. "I went back to the

He reached for her shoulders, but she pulled away

And I'll

passage of time. My father traced his finger around the rim of his whiskey glass

price on the market. We staved them off

in your end of the deal," I said

my men on the horizon, the poachers would leave them alone. But they just got better at hiding

her word," he whispered. "She killed every last one of those poachers. She found their hideout and spread her fires through the caves in which

palace," I whispered. "She created it when

the window yet again. "I still remember exactly what she said that day, while the mountain was still smoldering: "Their