My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0798

Nina

I sat at the kitchen table, absentmindedly tracing the grains in the wood grain with my fingertip as my mind raced. The sun was high in the sky, a warm summer day that should have been spent lounging by the poolside and enjoying ice cream with my friends, if I had only been given the luxury of enjoying a normal life.

But there was nothing normal about my life anymore.

First, my father was still missing. No word had come from him or any of the envoys who had been sent in search of him. He was off somewhere, chasing a dragon, and very well may have been dead.

And that wasn't even the beginning of it.

Ever since Ronan had led us to that warehouse in the forest, I couldn't shake the feeling that we were still missing something some crucial piece of the puzzle that would finally shed light on whatever this mysterious Schreiber family was up to.

After all, if they were coming to take me or my child away, we needed to be prepared-more prepared than we had been with Mila. But the 'family', if that was even what it was, was elusive.

The image of that drugged, fearful wolf being dragged into the warehouse was seared into my brain. What fresh horrors awaited it inside those walls? And why would the Schreibers want a baby like mine? The thought made my

skin crawl.

Suddenly, the sound of swirling, crackling energy filled the air. I leapt up from my chair so quickly that I caused it to knock over onto the floor, but paid it no mind as I turned to see a portal opening in my living room.

A moment later, a familiar figure emerged from the shimmering vortex.

"Mom?" I whispered.

she caught sight of me, and in an instant, she was crossing the room and enveloping me

whispered, her breath tickling my hair as she spoke. "Tyler told me

into her. "I'm so glad to see

about the dark circles under them made me wonder how often she had been crying lately. It wasn't often that my mother cried, and I knew that it had to be

said softly. "Is

ask. My mother's lips pressed into a thin line then, and she reached out to take my hand, leading me over to the kitchen table. We

still hasn't returned," she

her words sank in. Of course-I had already prepared myself for the likelihood that he might not return. That even regardless of whether he was dead or alive, we might

heard anything at all?" I asked, my

a word. We've sent four of our best envoys out in every direction, but so far...

no sense; how could

and considering our options. No, I refused to believe that he was

find him," I said, my voice hardening with resolve. "I'll find him myself. As soon as

her eyes. "Nina... You know you can't." Her eyes flickered down to my belly, which had the swell of verging

I still have time," I murmured, resting my hand over my belly. "I'm

as whether you're physically capable, Nina," she

"What

only that, but you carry your own heir, too. If you went out in search of him and didn't return..."

remain behind, just in case

you're saying I have a duty to his throne," I

stomach twist into a tight knot of dread. I had been so reluctant to accept

I'm no princess, mom," I insisted. "I'm not... I'm not fit for