My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0809

Enzo sighed and walked up to me. "I think you look beautiful."

"I look like a porcelain doll. This is ridiculous. I'm not a queen."

"Hey. None of that." Enzo's voice was tender but insistent as his arms circled around me from behind, his chin propped on top of my head as he studied my reflection in the mirror. "You look every inch the queen you were born to be."

I sniffled, leaning back against the reassuring warmth of his chest as my hand strayed to the taut swell of my abdomen. "Do I, though?" I whispered. "Or will I simply be a Luna in the shadows, like all women? Your voice giving the orders while I play the ornamental figurehead? A pretty doll to look at, but have no use?"

For a beat, Enzo was silent-contemplative. When he finally spoke, his words were measured but firm. "Your title may bear the name Luna, but make no mistake you will reign as the Alpha Queen."

don't want to be the queen. I want

eyes catching the light. "But here, you have to play your part. You don't need to be here all of the time; but you can't abandon a realm that belongs to

expression for any hint of doubt or placation, but found only steadfast belief reflecting back at me. Slowly, I gave a shaky nod, squaring my shoulders beneath the heavy weight of my jacket. "Okay," I replied softly. "Okay, I can

toward the heart of the palace-toward the Council

couldn't be sure; maybe it was all

over my belly and drawing in a deep breath to steady myself. Enzo remained

moments, Enzo looked down at me with a soft expression in

then stopped I froze for a moment, glancing over my shoulder. I could run, I thought to myself. I could open a portal and go back to Mountainview. No one would see my face, and they'd barely even know my name. Someone else could

shoulder, my eyes caught my reflection in a nearby mirror hanging on the wall. It was then, as my eyes caught one another in the glass, that it felt as if the fog

I didn't have