My Hockey Alpha Chapter 141

The Antidote

Nina

“Three… Two… One!”

On the count of one, Matt and I yanked the supply closet doors open. The rogue leaped out, but Enzo was ready in his wolf form, and tackled it to the ground. In a flash, Tiffany ran to the rogue’s side and jabbed the needle into its neck.

The rogue shrieked and wriggled harder against Enzo’s weight. Matt and I shot each other wary looks, but Tiffany seemed enthusiastic about her antidote.

And she was right.

The antidote seemed to be working. The rogue slowly faded back into a normal boy. Enzo hesitantly released his grip on the boy at Tiffany’s request before shifting back once more and instinctively putting himself between the boy and I again. Watching him be so protective over me made my heart skip.

“There,” Tiffany said, stepping back and looking down at the boy, who was slowly coming back to consciousness with a confused look on his face. “Now, we just need to figure out how to administer this to anyone else who’s been bitten — but I’m not sure if I have enough just yet.” She bent down as he tried to sit up and helped him, speaking to him gently in hushed tones.

Meanwhile, the doors that we barricaded began to rattle once more.

is gonna hold.” As he spoke, one of the chairs that was piled

head toward a service corridor at the back of the arena. “You guys get the others and bring them over. I’ll go ahead and gather the rest of the antidote I have, and any other supplies we might need. We’re gonna

and began to usher the students out while Tiffany ran ahead to gather her

fell off of the barricade, causing the door to slide open a bit. I could hear the sound of the rogues snarling through the crack in the door. Their animalistic sniffing and

for the group to follow as they filed out of the locker rooms.

rooms and ushered them along at the back of the group. I ran over to the door that Tiffany disappeared through and opened it, keeping track of every single person who went through while the barricade began to break apart from the rogues on the other side. As I worked, I pushed the thought of going into the tunnels in the back of my mind; I had to stay sane

looking around wildly until its yellow eyes finally locked on us. The last student ran through the doorway with Enzo and Matt on her heels, but just before we closed the door, I realized something as

I knew those eyes.

Justin. He had

felt myself freeze in the doorway, stuck in a state of disbelief. My eyes widened as he approached, his yellowed,

away, I hardly even noticed until Matt slammed the door shut and

office, where the panic-stricken students sobbed and huddled. He set me down, then grabbed me by both shoulders. “What was that about?” he asked, breathing

understood. From the look in his eyes, I knew that he recognized Justin, too. But we didn’t have time. Through the windows of Tiffany’s office, we could see that the campus was crawling with rogues —

gathering supplies to notice the girl walking toward the

away from Enzo toward her. But it was too late. Enzo grabbed me, cursing under his breath, as she walked up to the window and put her hand

she whimpered, recognizing one of

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