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"

furrowed in confusion. "J? Who the hell is J?" I asked, lifting my

"I don't know. But clearly

head snapped up at that, ice 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?"

the writing again.

know anyone with that initial, aside from Jessica, of

whoever this 'J' person was seemned to know Enzo; or at least, they knew

me what happened,"

a bottle of beer despite the early hour, "and we didn't see anything. We went in, and the entire place was empty.

took a swig. "Everything except for this fucking note."

nodded. "Everything

must have caught wind of our plan and cleared out before we could get there. Left that damn note mocking us, and now

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

the front door swung open once more and Daphne darted inside,

like you asked," she panted, pushing a lock of red hair out of her face. "But it's empty too, Enzo. No signs they were

bitch!" Enzo's hand came slamming

from my normally controlled husband-moments like this had grown rare, but they still reared their ugly heads as a reminder of the destruction Mila had done on his brain.

I crossed over to him, wrapping my arms around

let out a humorless laugh, still refusing to turn and face me. "Yeah? Just like we did with

was like a slap in the face. My

over Matt and Daphne's faces, but they remained silent, suddenly