My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0761

Anger roiled inside of me at his words. "Do you even hear yourself?" I blurted out. "Mila has Enzo, dad. Mila. You know what she's capable of."

"Of course I know what she's capable of," he replied, pulling his shoulders back so that his hulking form seemed to tower over me. "Which is precisely why I'm not letting you or anyone else—go on a suicide mission."

"You're being unreasonable."

"Unreasonable?!" My father scoffed. "Nina, I have let you tread all over me in recent months; I have succumbed to your every whim for the sake of building a relationship that was lost to our years apart. I won't have you be put in danger again."

I swallowed, curling my hands up into fists at my sides. "Is this even about me, or is it about the heir to your throne?"

For a few long moments, my father was silent. His eyes burned with a hot, raging fury as he stared at me, but he said nothing. When he finally spoke, his voice was surprisingly soft, but brooked no room for argument.

"And to ensure you do not attempt anything... foolish, you will remain confined to your chambers until I deem it safe to allow you free rein of the manor

harsh words. For a moment, I just stood there,

then a soft noise from the doorway had me whirling around, my breath catching in my throat as I found myself

on her lips, but in the end, she simply inclined her

my father said coolly. "See Nina to

agonizing pace. I paced the confines of my bedroom like a caged animal,

out the window. But common sense and my progressing pregnancy stopped me; it was too risky from this

have hope that Luke would come tomorrow and find a

blue glow of the rising moon began to filter through my windows that I felt something: a soft vibration in my pocket. I frowned, reaching in, and felt my fingers slip around something cool and

moonstone that Elara had

out of my pocket, I peered down at it in the palm of my hand and studied it. It was still now, not vibrating at all, although the moonlight was reflecting off