My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0814 Nina

I was dozing lightly on the couch, one hand resting on my swollen belly and the other under my head. It was a particularly hot and humid evening, and even with the windows open and the breeze coming in, I couldn't seem to find relief.

It wasn't the heat, though, that was keeping me awake. The sun was already coming up, but I had hardly slept a wink that night. Enzo was on his mission to the warehouse with the others, and there was no sleeping with him gone.

No, not after what had happened with Mila. There was no way in hell I could sleep easily after I had already lost him once. So, I had spent the night tossing and turning on the couch, barely paying attention to old movies on the television and always keeping my car keys in sight, just in case I needed to run to his rescue.

With a strained sigh, I carefully rolled over and let out a soft groan. "Goddess, you're gonna be big like your father, aren't you?" I cooed softly to the baby in my belly.

I was just going on seven months along, and already I felt like I was about to burst. I imagined that the baby would be tall like her father. Although, the thought of that made me smile.

My smile faded, however, when the sudden slam of the front door jolted me out of my reverie. Blinking blearily, I sat up just as Enzo stormed into the living room, with Matt hot on his heels. The look of thunderous fury on my husband's face immediately set me on edge.

"Enzo? What's going on?" I asked, my voice laced with concern as I struggled to my feet. "Is everything okay?"

Rather than answering, he simply strode over and slapped a crumpled piece of paper down on the coffee table in front of me. The anger rolling off of him in waves was palpable. "Look at this," was all he said, his voice a low growl.

Frowning, I sank back onto the couch and grabbed the note, quickly scanning the messy scrawl.

"Thought you could pull one over on us so easily, Enzo? -J"

J?" I asked, lifting my gaze to

shook his head tightly, his jaw working. "I don't know. But clearly the Schreibers were expecting our raid

prickling through my veins. They had promised to be careful. We had kept our operations as close to our chests as possible. No one could have known. "How?" I asked,

my hands and scanned the writing again. "But whoever

initial, aside from Jessica, of course. But there was no one else.

to

happened," I

outside all night," Matt explained as Enzo stalked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of beer despite the early hour, "and we didn't see anything. We went in, and

of his bottle and took a swig. "Everything except for this fucking note."

nodded. "Everything

disheveled hair. "They must have caught wind of our plan and cleared out

pit of my stomach. All of their careful planning and preparation... for nothing. The Schreibers, the people

front door swung open once more and Daphne darted inside, out of

docks like you asked," she panted, pushing a lock of red hair out of her face. "But it's empty too,

came slamming down on the table,

they still reared their ugly heads as a reminder of the destruction Mila had done on his brain. His shoulders were tense, every muscle coiled like a loaded spring as the weight of his failure

him, wrapping my arms around his rigid torso from behind. "Hey, it's okay. We'll

humorless laugh, still refusing to turn and face me. "Yeah? Just like we

tone was like a slap in the face. My arms fell away as

and Daphne's faces, but they remained silent, suddenly finding great interest in the floorboards beneath