My Hockey Alpha

Enzo

As I read the letter that fell out of James’ pocket, my eyes widened. I always knew that guy was off about something, and he’d been acting weird ever since my information was leaked. The information that was leaked included my physical fitness test files, and the only other people aside from him who had access to those files were Nina and Tiffany, and neither of them would ever do something like that.

I felt a low growl roll like thunder in my throat as I saw him disappear across the quad. All I wanted in that moment was to run after him and throttle him.

It wasn’t even just about the information being leaked; it was also about the fact that he clearly came from a family of werewolf hunters. My mind flickered back to the night we went camping in the woods, when he came running and screaming like a child while Nina was left defenseless against a werewolf. Did he know then, too? He had seemed uncertain about what was coming out of the woods for Nina, but that all could have been an act for all I knew.

“That little weasel…”

Without thinking, I started to walk around Nina to go after him, but I was suddenly stopped by the feeling of her palm pushing into my chest.

“Enzo, think rationally about this,” she pleaded, her voice shaking with fear. “Please. Just take a step back and don’t do anything without really thinking about it first.”

I looked down to see Nina staring up at me with a frightened expression on her face. She was really protecting this guy? Would she protect him even after he somehow killed me?

this time, she jumped in front of me and pressed her body up against mine. I could’ve plowed past her, but I didn’t. Something suddenly assaulted my senses… The same thing that kept making me lose control around her, even when I was supposed to be cutting her off

there. It was also oddly similar to my mate’s scent, but I knew it was coming from Nina. I was certain her

in the cold air, and I could see our breath coming out in white clouds, mixing together as we stared at each other. Her cheeks were rosy from the cold. Her hair poked out of her hat in two, long braids, and she wore a black hoodie beneath her thick flannel coat. Her tan skin, brown eyes, and black hair stood in stark contrast to the gray atmosphere that had taken over the campus. During a time of year that the landscape had lost its color, she added a pop of warmth. To

but I didn’t care at that moment. She stayed close to me and began to raise up on her tiptoes, her long eyelashes brushing her

and I couldn’t let it happen. Before we kissed, I suddenly staggered backwards, shaking my

doing this,” I whispered, more so to myself than to

like an asshole for what I was doing to her, but I knew that it would be better to let her go before I really hurt her. I shook my head again, dispelling the images of her beautiful body out of my mind, then turned

not so much as looking at her because I couldn’t even bear it. “Promise you won’t do anything rash until we figure out what’s really going on,” she said, surprising me. I had expected her to say something about our relationship, but once again, Nina’s

to me: that Edward hadn’t entirely broken Nina. He may have scarred both of us, but at least she would always be kind and gentle and caring. That

still not able to bring myself to look at her. She let out a sigh of relief behind me, then released her grip on my wrist. Without another word, I stormed off, and when I was out of Nina’s sight I pulled my mate’s scarf and shoved my face in it, inhaling deeply. My mate’s scent calmed my nerves and made me momentarily forget about my feelings for Nina, but at the same time, I realized even more now that both of their scents were oddly similar. I shook my head again. Maybe I was just picking up my mate’s scent from the scarf and mistakenly thought it came from

I realized

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