My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 54: No Coincidences

Nina

Jessica, Lori and I had begun setting up camp not far from where the businessman had been murdered when I heard twigs and leaves crunching in the forest.

Someone was coming.

“Oh my god,” Jessica complained as she fiddled with her tent poles, “this is impossible! Lori, I need help!”

“Guys,” I said, but they didn’t hear me.

“I just helped you two minutes ago,’ Lori said, standing and walking over to Jessica with her hands on her hips while Jessica whined.

“Shh!” I said, which made them finally go quiet. “Do you hear that?”

My heart raced as I listened to the footsteps. They were getting louder, and definitely headed directly for our camp. I glanced over at my tent, which had the shotgun inside- 11 I could just get over there before anything bad happened.

“Hello?” a male voice called out from the woods.

I knew that voice anywhere; it was Enzo.

And hearing it didn’t make me any less terrified.

He stepped out into the clearing, holding a bundle of firewood with a backpack on his back and a big, stupid grin on his face.

“Oh, hey!” he said, as if he hadn’t followed us out here. I knew I should’ve stopped Luke! “Fancy seeing. you ladies here!”

“What a surprise!” Jessica said, practically squealing with delight. Despite what she had said in the cafeteria the other day about Enzo, she couldn’t hide her fangirl nature around him.

only continued inching toward my tent in silence, trying to get closer to the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly decided that we knew too much and that he’d need to kill us, just like he did with

me just as I was about to reach into the tent for the shotgun, his eyes

should camp

growled, glancing

fun. You’d be okay with

all of our morals, but her nonchalance toward him in the cafeteria the other day made me wonder now if he was using some

manipulating Jessica into inviting him

now. Regardless of what I said, he would. find

response,

to our fire pit and setting down the firewood he had so nonchalantly collected

in…

sort of game was Enzo playing

could ask, Enzo

me,

which I shrugged in return. There was no use discussing it

sorry,” Jessica said. “I don’t know

it is,’ Lori growled, stomping back over to her tent and continuing to set it

said, knowing that it wasn’t

all be dead in the

much to my

a quiet “Hey”, and quickly looked away as

spot next to Lori’s tent, unaware that he would be barking up the wrong tree if he

Enzo could learn from.

walked over to me while I pretended

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