My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0808

Nina

The letter crinkled in Enzo's hands as he held it out for me. I took it, my hand already shaking even though I didn't know what was inside.

"More bad news?" I murmured, slowly lifting my gaze to meet Enzo's. "I can't handle any more bad news."

Enzo shook his head. "No. Just read it."

Carefully, I unfolded the paper and began to read. I realized almost immediately what it was just upon reading the first few lines: a summons to the Alpha Council.

The council that Enzo had attended once, and never again.

A thick knot instantly formed in the pit of my stomach as the meaning behind the letter sank in. The entire realm knew about my father's passing, and although I hadn't had my coronation yet, news had spread like wildfire that the Alpha King's daughter would take his place.

over me like a wave, the breath stolen from my lungs and replaced with water. All at once, it felt overwhelmingly, paralyzingly real in a way it hadn't quite before. This was it-my introduction to

me to a Council meeting," I said softly, folding the paper back up with shaking hands.

Nina." Enzo's firm tone brooked no argument, although his gaze was soft. "It's what your

to say that I wasn't ready, that we'd have to reschedule, that I'd have to return to school soon and that I couldn't take on this role that someone else needed to do

had no choice. Like I had promised my mother, I had to take on this role even if I wasn't

of Enzo's lips told me that he had expected as much. "You don't have to know

until I could barely breathe against his sturdy chest. For a few blissful moments, I allowed myself to sink into his embrace, drawing

love you,"

him, then dipped his head to press a kiss to my lips.

"You'd better."

days later, little more than a week after my father had passed, the day came. I blinked, bleary-eyed, down at the

to your liking, my