My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0773

Nina

The weathered old leader rushed to the unconscious man's side, cradling his sweat-drenched face in his calloused hands. For several agonizing heartbeats, the newly-cured man didn't move or make a sound.

Matt, Jessica, Lori and I stood off to the side, biting our lips. We watched silently, hoping that the antidote had worked properly this man wasn't a wolf shifter, after all. Perhaps the side effects were different than expected.

Just when I was starting to fear the worst, the man's eyelids fluttered open, his glassy eyes wandering the room before managing to settle on Kai.

"Wh-Who is this?" the man whispered, lifting his weak hand to touch Kai's face.

"It's me, Isaac. Your father." Kai took Isaac's hand and pressed it into his cheek, letting his fingers explore his face. Isaac, still blind, wandered his father's face before recognition took over him.

a barely audible rasp, like rusty hinges creaking open on a weathered door.

now is that you're alright, my boy," he murmured hoarsely. "You're safe

him, and I stepped forward, dropping to my knees. "Isaac," I said softly, reaching out to touch his arm. "My name is Nina. I gave you an antidote to pull you out of your feral state, but I must

the absence of my panther. But

I have to ask you,"

all of us straining to

as he tried to recall everything. "In that body, that... animal. But now..." He lifted a trembling

wetly, smoothing back Isaac's damp hair. "Yes, son. You are yourself again, thanks to Nina. But now, you must

at the ceiling, his eyes glazed and vacant. Then, a tremor seemed to pass through him,

he breathed, the words tumbling out in a sudden rush. "Deep in the heart of the mountain, there are these... pools. It looks like water, but

growing distant as he recalled whatever fresh

worse," he continued in that same ragged murmur. "Seeping into your mind, your very bones, until your thoughts start to... twist. Fracture. Every