My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0805 Nina

The dizzying swirl of the realm jump left my head spinning for a few precarious moments as the world rematerialized around us. One second, we had been standing in the sterile confines of our headquarters the next, the familiar sights and scents of the werewolf realm enveloped us in a dizzying rush.

My heart was pounding, a rumble of nervous anticipation reverberating through my veins. After all this time wondering, fearing the worst... Aldric, my father, was alive.

The thought was almost too overwhelming to process. I clung to Enzo's hand, drawing strength from his solid presence as we hurried through the grand halls toward the infirmary wing. The corridors blurred past us in a kaleidoscope of tapestries and stained glass until at last, we reached the ornate double doors.

The first face we saw was my mother, who was standing by the doors with an ashen look on her face. Neither of us spoke. I surged forward and flung my arms around her, feeling her slender form crumple a bit in my embrace.

"Is he..." I murmured, my voice trailing off.

My mother drew in a shuddering breath. "He's alive," she whispered. "But Nina..." She pulled back, grasping me by both shoulders with a grave expression in her eyes.

"It's not good, is it?" I asked.

She shook her head, the tears in her eyes growing heavier. "I just want you to be prepared, honey."

I swallowed, nodding stiffly. Beside me, I felt Enzo slip his arm around me. Normally, his touch was a comfort. But right now, it felt as if nothing could comfort me. Finally, my mother pulled back and stepped aside to allow me

access.

response. As we stepped inside the infirmary, the familiar scent of our people's herbal remedies mixed with the scent of modern disinfectants, creating a dizzying assault on my nostrils. My gaze immediately zeroed in on the motionless figure lying in the bed at the far end of the wing,

escaped my lips before

at his bedside, collapsing into the chair beside him as I drank in his ashen complexion, the bandages wrapping his chest

formidable Alpha I had come

open, his feverish gaze struggling to focus

he rasped, the barest hint of a smile tugging at

his limp fingers carefully. "It's going to be okay,

painstaking effort, cutting me off. "No, child... it's too late for that." An ominous cough rattled his bones, crimson spattering his

breath caught in my throat at the sight of the blood, panic spiking through my veins. No, this couldn't be happening, not

creating a safehouse in the mountain ranges after fleeing her palace. When I found her, I

eyelids fluttering, and in that moment my lungs constricted as if an iron vise had

she?" The question slipped out, barely more

clearly an agonizing effort. "Threw herself... from the edge of a cliff,"

in the pit of my stomach at his words. That vile snake had taken the coward's way out, denying us

hot tears stinging my eyes. "She should have paid for what she did

with what little strength he had left. "Vengeance is... a soul- sickening pursuit. Sometimes in this life... we do not get the endings we want or

that sent a horrible dread coiling

he continued, his eyes finally focusing on mine with an unprecedented intensity. "You... you must focus on healing those wounds, on guiding our people into an

going to die... You've still got so much life

turned into a choked cough. "I've lived for nearly two hundred