My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0756 Nina

I hadn't seen it in what felt like so long.

Its sharp white teeth gleamed in the darkness. Its hollow eyes, lidless and empty, seemed to be looking directly into my soul. It cocked its head first to the left, then to the right, then left and right again, over and over and over like a broken, crooked metronome.

"What do you want?"

The shadow entity didn't answer. It rarely did, now that I thought of it. It just... beckoned to me.

But when I followed it, it led me nowhere.

"I thought you were gone," I said, shaking my head. "I thought I was finally done with you."

The shadow entity just widened its toothy grin and continued to beckon.

This went on for what felt like an eternity. Maybe it was an eternity, even. Maybe whatever drugs the doctor had given me had actually killed me by accident instead of simply putting me to sleep, and this was my own personal hell.

Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't have been surprised.

But it was at some point during that eternity that it happened: the white light. It spread outwards, all around me, enveloping me like a soft, warm cocoon of light. It swallowed the void, and the shadow entity with it.

Furrowing my brow, I turned in all directions, looking for the source of the light. And for the first time ever, I finally saw it.

"Selena," I breathed.

or next to me, or all around I couldn't tell. I couldn't even really see her, but rather, I could

bed in my father's mansion. There was no white light, no shadow entity, no dead sister. Just me and an empty room and a sense of

I

both at my bedside. "What

shadow entity," I whispered, my voice shaking. "I... I think

looked at each other worriedly as realization dawned on both of

than an hour, the witch was at my side once more. It had felt like forever since I had last

murmured as

bed with looks of worry on their faces. Words of our supposed generational curse had already been exchanged, and tensions were high. If the shadow entity had truly returned, then both myself and my baby were at

now, not when everything else was falling

is it?" I asked, looking

behind her ear. "The spirit is indeed still attached to you," she said. "But there is something else preventing it from harming

Goddess Festival. I still wasn't entirely sure why; I had just felt

head. "Not the talisman, no.

at my dad once again. "It's her. She's

at me, clearly confused. The

sister passed on some time ago,

nodded. "Less than a year

her spirit stayed with you," she said, glancing at my father. "Especially since you were twins, as your father has informed

my throat as I listened to the witch's words. My twin sister, Selena... Despite everything, she was still with me, protecting me from this strange, dark spirit that

she protecting me?" I

of crystals, searching for something. "There could be a number of reasons," she explained. "But most importantly, you must know that her spirit's protection is not foolproof.

crystal to me. "This is a moonstone," she said. "Keep it on your person at all times; don't lose