My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0815

Nina

I sank down heavily into the plush chair behind my father's mahogany desk, letting out a long exhale as I tried to get comfortable. My back was aching something fierce from being on my feet all day, the extra weight of the baby making it feel like I was carrying a bowling ball in my belly.

Meetings, negotiations, policy reviews... the duties of a queen never seemned to end. I rubbed my temples wearily, wondering how in the world my father had handled this level of responsibility day in and day out for over a century.

He had always made it look so effortless, like he was born for the role of the Alpha King. Whereas I felt adrift, struggling to keep my head above water most days. And I knew it would get even worse once I went back to school and had the baby, too. Talk about high blood pressure.

Suddenly, the creak of the door opening made me glance up. My mother slipped inside, a steaming mug of tea in her hands and a soft smile on her face.

"I thought you might need this," she said, crossing the room to set the mug on the desk in front of me." Chamomile with honey, just how you like it."

gratefully, wrapping my hands around the

herself in the chair across from me with

chuckled dryly, taking a

mother's expression turned serious. "Nina... I know this hasn't been easy for you."

in the midst of everything else

me. As usual, my mother had

this, Mom. Be a good queen, a good Luna, while also being a

off, shaking my head as doubts and fears I had been pushing down for months bubbled up to the surface. "Nina," 'my mom said softly, "you

"Of course not. But I just feel so lost half the time, like I'm stumbling around blindly with no clue what I'm doing. How

at that. When I furrowed my brow at her, she reached across the desk to pat