My Hockey Alpha

Nina

The sound of the rogues echoed closer. Enzo gave me one final shove up the ladder; I had no choice. I climbed up the rest of the way and crawled out onto the forest floor, sobbing as Enzo reached up and yanked the hatch shut behind me. The last thing I heard as the hatch shut was the sound of the rogues advancing on Enzo and the low, deep growl that rumbled in his throat as he shifted.

That sound was immediately replaced by the sound of frightened gasps, shrieks, and running footsteps through the woods.

I looked up to see that the students had scattered, because we were surrounded.

Ronan and Lisa stood in front of me. On either side, they were flanked by their werewolf minions in their wolf forms; Ronan’s hockey team.

“Hello, Nina,” Ronan said with a grin, approaching me.

Suddenly, Tiffany jumped in front of me, arms outstretched. “You stay away from her,” she snarled protectively.

Ronan merely rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers. In the blink of an eye, two werewolves pounced on Tiffany. I watched in horror as she was knocked to the side. My view of her was blocked, but I heard a scream, a sickening crunch, and then silence.

There wasn’t even enough time for a sob to escape my throat before Ronan stormed toward me and grabbed me by my arm, yanking me to my feet.

“Why are you doing this?” I begged. Meanwhile, Lisa only stood behind him with a grim smirk on her face. “Lisa, you knew Tiffany!” I screamed, struggling against Ronan’s grip to no avail. “She was your school doctor! How could you let this happen?!”

Lisa didn’t answer.

hear Enzo still fighting the rogues. “Go chase down those students,” he said to his minions. “Lisa and I will handle this

heels into the forest floor and struggling with all my might to get away from Ronan. I managed to wrench myself free somehow and sprinted back toward the hatch, lunging for it with the hopes of opening it so Enzo could at least see that something was wrong, but I suddenly felt something slam into my back and throw me to the ground. Ronan grumbled something behind me that I couldn’t quite make out, and then I felt him pick me up and throw me over his shoulder. He began to walk with Lisa trailing behind him, both of them ignoring my pleas for them to let me go. Even as I pounded my fists against Ronan’s back and kicked my legs as hard as I could, he didn’t budge. All I could do was scream as loud as I could in the hopes that Enzo

I lifted my head and blinked through my hot tears, watching the lifeless form of Tiffany’s body being dragged

hours or minutes. I eventually

tossed me off of his shoulder and onto the ground like a sack of

you are,” an all

as though my heart stopped. My throat constricted, leaving me unable to scream or even speak. All I could do was stare up with

Edward.

and brushed a bit of hair out of

very naughty,” he murmured. “But it’s okay. It’s over

Behind Edward, I heard Lisa’s abrasive, cackling laughter along with Ronan’s low chuckle, but Edward only smiled and

slid a hand under my back and helped me sit up. I flinched away from his touch, scrambling to my feet and taking a few steps backwards —

want from

toward me again now that I had nowhere to go. “The choice is simple. Come with me willingly, and the assault on your dear campus will end. If you don’t come willingly… Well, you’ll still be coming with me, but everyone here will die. So, the choice is yours: life or death for your

the truth?” I snarled. “You already killed Tiffany. She

was gesturing, my eyes widening as I saw one of Ronan’s hockey players step out from behind the tree with the dean. They

said nonchalantly as the hockey player brought the dean over. “It’s a shame. She was such a pretty girl, but… Not my type, as you well know.” He paused, then gestured to the hockey player again.

her voice shaking, “don’t