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My Hockey Alpha Chapter 155

A Light in the Darkness

Nina

I was jostled awake by a bump and a swaying sensation, followed by the feeling of a searing pain shooting through my leg and the sound of a car engine. I groaned as my eyes flickered open.

“Oh! Honey, she’s awake.”

“Hold on. I’m pullin’ over. Coast clear out there?”

“Hmm… Mhm. I don’t see anything.”

As my eyes adjusted, I saw the forms of two people sitting in front of me. Judging from the long leather seat beneath me and the two seats in front, I was in the back of a car. A truck, too, I surmised from the hollow and tinny sound of the engine as it sputtered to a stop.

I groaned again. The man in the driver’s seat got out of the car while the woman in the passenger seat turned around to face me. I blinked a few times, and as her face came into focus, I saw that she was an older woman with graying brown hair and a round, soft face.

“You sure woke up quick,” she said with a smile, reaching out and squeezing my hand. Her hand was warm and soft in a motherly sort of way, and it eased some of my anxieties.

“Wh-Where…”

The door by my feet opened. I looked up to see an older man standing there. He was wearing a flannel shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, which emphasized his slight beer belly. He had a baseball cap on and had a gray mustache on his upper lip.

“Howdy, young lady,” he said with a grin. “Let me see that leg. That okay?”

I felt myself stiffen, and instinctively looked up at the woman. “It’s okay, hon’,” she said softly. “Dan’s real good at this sort of thing. Aren’t you, honey?”

ya. You get real good at pickin’ out bullets so it don’t spoil the meat.” My stomach turned at the thought, but Dan only

let him, although it made me wince and grit my teeth. He eyed my wound for a second

Dan, although I guess I already told you his name, didn’t I? Anyway, we found you last night in real

for me and helped me sit up, and once I’d chugged an entire bottle of water in one go, he pointed at my

healed already for someone who was shot less than twelve hours ago,” he

couldn’t tell these people about my healing

“Well, either way,” he continued, “you’re lucky

skip away from meeting the big old

unbearable, and when I searched for my wolf’s presence, it was nothing more than a flicker. She must have used up any strength she had

window. It was just barely morning; the sun still hadn’t come up yet, but it was bright enough to

around. “Just a few miles north of town,” he said. “We’re headin’ out that way where there ain’t any of them… What are we callin’

Then, whispering: “I came up with that one

older couple’s good humor, but at the same time, I knew I

news stations went out, I saw that all of the towns in the nearest fifty-mile radius are crawlin’ with the Prowlers. I dunno if the rest

way,” I replied.

There was a bit of a silence before Laura

us, right, honey?” she asked. “You don’t wanna go back

pleading and full of worry, but I shook my head. “I

exchanged glances. “Hon’, I’m afraid your friends are probably beyond the point of help,” Dan said.

head again. “No. There’s an

a single little girl like yourself is gonna do?” Laura asked, sounding a bit flabbergasted now. “Cure everyone in town?” I swallowed; I hadn’t thought that far ahead. I only cared about

you back to town if you really want. It’s

fine,” I

but shut it again and turned around in her seat. Dan nodded once more and shut the door, then came around and got back into the driver’s seat. No one spoke as he pulled away from

outskirts. I got out first,