My Hockey Alpha

Enzo

“Come with me, Enzo,” my father said after stepping out of the portal.

I frowned, taking a step back. How did he even find me? “I’m not going anywhere until I find out where Nina is,” I said.

My father looked concerned, but said nothing about Nina. Instead, he only sighed and said, “Everything will be alright. Just come with me. Please. You’ve been summoned.”

“Summoned by who?”

“The Alpha King.”

I felt my eyes widen. The Alpha King summoned me already? Why now? “But the campus—”

“The campus will be taken care of,” my father said. “Our men are preparing to clean it up as we speak. With the Alpha King’s men, I’m confident that we’ll have the campus back to normal in no time.” He gestured then for me to follow, and I did; not because I particularly trusted wherever he was leading me to, but instead because something seemed to be telling me that this would lead me to Nina. Fio seemed to be certain of it. We walked through the woods for a few minutes in silence, which was only broken by the sound of the leaves and twigs crunching under our feet, before my father led me to another road. A black car that I didn’t recognize was waiting for us there. He opened the door and got in, then I got in behind him after a few moments of nervous hesitation.

“Ronan—” I began, thinking back to Ronan and Lisa’s plan to execute me on camera as the car started to drive away.

“I know,” he interrupted solemnly. “Your friends did well in apprehending him and the girl, and we’ve taken them both into our custody. I knew that his father would pull something like this; I just didn’t think it would be so soon. I thought that he would at least give the tournament a chance first, but I was wrong about him once again. I was naive to think he’d changed somehow.”

college,” I said quietly. “Tiffany told me about the Peacekeepers, about

research after you mentioned a curse on Nina’s brother,” he said finally after a minute

“But… Why?”

no wolf — it’s possible he saw that as a means of sullying his lineage, and he thought the boy would

that young love could result in something so heinous… It made me sick. “As for Nina?”

of our

slight comfort, but it wasn’t enough to ease my anxieties. The road twisted and turned, and eventually, we came upon the enormous mansion estate where the Alpha King lived with the Luna. Here, I would meet their daughter, I assumed, but all I could think about was whether Nina was within those walls… Because as the mansion came closer, I could smell not one, but two very similar scents. One was strong. The other was incredibly faint, but it was there, and I

summon me

is just the first attack of many; if they take control of Mountainview, they’ll only continue to spread. Soon, the

is going to happen now,” I

wanted you to meet his daughter now. He wants to make sure that you are indeed

if I would have to mark the Alpha King’s daughter before I could find Nina, I would do it if it meant bringing her to safety. As we pulled up the long, winding driveway to the mansion, I felt a pit form in my stomach. The two scents grew a little stronger — but why were they

“Fix your hair,” my father said. I sighed and checked my hair in the rearview mirror before getting out and smoothing my bloody, dirty shirt down. Then, I followed my father and the guards up the massive marble stairs to the mansion and walked

throne room with a long corridor that led down to the throne where the Alpha King sat ahead of us. Next to him stood a girl; her face was covered, but I could smell her scent from here, and I knew it was my mate. Fio responded strongly inside of me, but I quelled his excitement. I had to keep a level head because, above

I felt my heart start to pound

My father and I stood. The Alpha King was silent for a moment, then stood and slowly walked down the steps to meet us while his daughter stood motionless beside the throne. The King was tall and thin, with salt-and-pepper hair and a well-groomed beard. He

my daughter’s fated mate.” He looked me

I’ve been told,” I replied.