My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0812

Nina

A couple of months had passed in a whirlwind since that first council meeting. True to my word, I had begun splitting my time between the werewolf realm and Mountainview, where I was finishing up my final year of medical school. It was a delicate balance, but one I was slowly getting the hang of.

My mother had taken on the role of acting queen and advisor whenever I was away in the human realm. I was grateful to have her steady presence guiding me through the steep learning curve, and she was good at the job.

I tried to return to the werewolf realm at least once a week, using the tincture that Mariah had given me to help me weather the portals. It was a relief to have that medicine-even with the pregnancy progressing, I never got sick anymore from using the portals. I felt as if I had my freedom back, or at least some of it.

As my belly swelled more and more with each week, though, I had to come to terms with the fact that I just wasn't as... physically able as I was before. While Enzo and the others worked hard scouting out the mysterious Schreibers, I was often left behind, unable to participate. It had been difficult at first to come to terms with it, but I was getting better at it.

And it did help that I had Lori and Jessica by my side during those times. We lost ourselves in the early planning stages for their wedding, enjoying the summer heat by the poolside, and preparing for the fall semester.

As the fall semester at Mountainview approached, I felt the familiar weight of anxiety settling in my chest. Juggling my studies with my duties as Alpha Queen was already a challenge-adding the end of the second trimester of my pregnancy into the mix made my head spin just thinking about it.

I'd be giving birth before finals at school. I wasn't sure how I'd be able to manage all of that.

Thankfully, I had the support of not just my mother, but Enzo and the rest of my pack. Speaking of which...

"Well, that was a fruitless update," Enzo muttered under his breath as we walked out of the tunnel leading to our HQ

the swell of my belly, "You're telling me. I could have sworn we would

"They're just too damn slippery. It's like they know we're watching their

up from behind us. He fell into step beside us as we made our way down

sighed, rubbing my temple with my free hand. "So we're back to

Schreibers have been using that old warehouse on the outskirts as one of their bases of operation. Maybe it's

raid, are you?" I looked at him sharply.

smoke them out. They'll have to retaliate eventually if we hit one of their little

mouth to argue, but Enzo cut me off. "He's got a point, Nina. A carefully planned strike could scare them a bit, at the very

that might evade us once again if

words. Part of me knew that a raid was necessary at this stage. But the other part, the part carrying a new life inside of me, recoiled at the thought of putting any one of us

my opinion, Enzo seemed to read my mind. He placed a hand on

been around the block one too many times to know that that's bullshit. Danger follows

from the tunnel into the infirmary, where Jessica was tending to one of the hockey team who

of werewolves, we had free reign over the infirmary. Normally, during the semester, we would have to keep things a little more

metal table, Matt leaned forward on his elbows. "And we'll pull out

go south," Enzo corrected.

nose. "Fine," I conceded. "We'll go this

Enzo furrowed his brow. "Nina, you know you can't be a part of this one, right?" His eyes flickered

jaw. As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. At nearly six months pregnant, I wasn't even allowed to take part in heavy exercise, let alone fight. A pang of

unable to meet his eyes. "I just... I hate feeling