My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 23: Monster

Enzo

Nina’s eyes widened when I finally told her the truth.

“No,” she said, pacing back and forth and rubbing her head. “This isn’t real. Werewolves aren’t real. Talking skeletons are not real!”

I sighed and stood, walking over to her.

“Look,” I said, pulling aside the torn fabric of my jeans to show her my wound. It was already healing. The torn flesh from the skeleton’s attack was rejoining without leaving so much as a scar. Even the blood disappeared.

When Nina saw my leg heal, she stumbled backwards into the wall, her chest heaving as she breathed heavily.

“I have to be dreaming,” she said. I watched quietly as she pinched her arm to try and wake herself up.

“This is real, Nina,” I said. “You’re awake.”

“Well then, I must be going insane,” she said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

I walked toward Nina and took her by the shoulders, stooping to look her in the eyes.

“You’re not crazy. Everything you saw is real. Don’t I feel real?” I took her hand and placed it on my chest, right over my heart so she could feel my heartbeat. She let her hand linger there for a few moments, then shuddered and pulled away.

“If you think I’m a monster, so be it,” I said. “But I won’t stop watching you, because someone — or something — has sinister plans for you, and no human can protect you.”

again, but didn’t say anything Before I had the chance to stop her, she ran out

of us,”

replied out loud. “She

reanimated again. Some witch must have put a spell on this skeleton, but for what purpose, I didn’t know. I

foot. 1 looked down and cringed when I saw Nina’s phone on the floor, its screen cracked now. “Shit…” I whispered, stooping to pick it

broken phone, the skeleton was starting to twitch again. I stormed over to it and grabbed it off the stand, pinning it, down to

you, and why?” I growled, to which the bewitched skeleton

one sent me,” the skeleton

replied, tightening my grip around the skeleton’s throat.” What would an undead like

of it. With my hand still on its neck, I reached over to a table next to me and grabbed the first instrument I could think of: a bone

skeleton could see it, then began to

along the skeleton’s ribs.

squirmed beneath me, but I was far stronger. Skeletons were the lowest form of the undead; without muscle or flesh, they were incredibly weak compared to most other supernatural beings. Becoming an undead skeleton was a punishment brought about by angering a witch, not a blessing of eternal life like a vampire – although, some would argue that vampires were more

the bone saw to

the skeleton cried out. “I swear no one sent me. I was attracted to the girl’s

skeleton’s leg and

one

only a

shook its head. “She’s not human,” it said. “I don’t

that Fio latched onto her from the beginning made me think that she

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