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

nice weekend for it.” He looked over at me just as I was about to reach into the tent for the shotgun, his eyes flashing red for a split second as

guys should camp with us!” Jessica

growled,

Jessica replied. “It’ll be fun. You’d be okay with

now if he was using some sort of werewolf powers to make Jessica say these things…

was manipulating Jessica into inviting

said, knowing that there was no way out now. Regardless of what I said, he would. find a way

grin at my response, then looked

pit and setting down the firewood he had so nonchalantly collected on his way to stalk

in… Graduate student

sort of game was

I could

turned toward me, her eyes

she said, to which I shrugged in return. There was no use discussing it

sorry,” Jessica said. “I don’t know what

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

said, knowing that it wasn’t Jessica’s fault. “Maybe

we’ll all be dead in the morning, I thought

enough, the boys returned; and, much to my dismay, James was

Hey, Nina,” James said as they entered the clearing with their things. I blushed, mumbling a quiet “Hey”, and quickly looked away as I felt both James and Enzo’s

call this spot,” Matt said, walking over to an empty spot next to Lori’s tent, unaware that he would be barking up the

Enzo could learn from.

while I pretended to be fiddling

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