My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 138: Outbreak

Nina

“Just go home,” Enzo said. “I’ll see you at the final match.”

I felt my frown deepen. Why was he being so indifferent about this? It was clear to me that Ronan was up to something, but Enzo didn’t seem to believe me. I watched as he stalked away to the showers, then turned on my heel and stormed off toward the exit.

Just as my hand touched the door handle, I heard something. Something loud and abrasive. It wasn’t just one, but many: screams.

My eyes widened. I felt myself freeze momentarily, but then I gathered the courage to crack the locker room door open…

I immediately shut it when I saw the scene unfolding in the arena and began to hyperventilate, leaning my body weight on the door as my mind raced. Outside, there were three rogues attacking people. There may have been more; I couldn’t be entirely sure just from the split second I looked out there.

I opened my mouth to call for Enzo, but decided against it as that ran the risk of being heard, so I instead quickly bolted away from the door and ran to the showers.

“Enzo!” I said as I ran up to him, just as he was about to undress. He stopped and stared at me, looking confused, but his eyes widened as he saw the look of shock and fear on my face.

“What? What’s wrong?” he asked, grabbing me by the shoulders.

I tried to stammer out a response, but nothing would come until finally, I managed a single word.

“Rogues.”

Enzo’s eyes widened even further.

arena?” he asked.

door. “Three, at least.” I jogged after him and grabbed his

shoved his hockey stick into my shaking hands, then pushed me away and

the hockey stick. “No

passing his hand over his face, then suddenly did something unexpected. He hugged me tightly, his scent filling my entire

back,” he whispered into my hair. “Just stay

through, into the fray. In the brief moment that the door was open, I could see students running around, being chased by rogues. There were far more than three now, and they were making more. Just before the door closed, I saw a rogue go to bite a screaming student,

I stood there for the longest moment, still gripping the hockey stick, as I searched for Cora’s presence and urged

over

if I could touch some of the

hockey stick shaking in my hands, then flung the door open

huddled in the corners or under the bleachers as several rogues ran around rampant. I watched in one horror as one student shifted after a bite; how were they shifting so quickly? As far as I knew, it usually took hours, even days, to turn after a bite. And now they were shifting within a matter of seconds. It was

up, his red eyes

told you to hide,” his

But I ignored him.

student. I reached my hand out

And then…

Skin.

the rogue had turned back into a confused-looking student. She collapsed onto the

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