My Hockey Alpha

Enzo

That night, I hardly slept. Even though the campus had been saved, there was still so much left to worry about — primarily my father. If the Alpha King withdrew his aid, then that only meant one thing: he thought that I ran away entirely, and he didn’t know about Nina. If he didn’t know about Nina, then that meant that Selena stopped my father from telling him in one way or another. I couldn’t be certain what, exactly, she did until I went back. And I would have to go back because, despite everything, I still loved my father. I couldn’t just leave him there if Selena did something horrible to him.

I just didn’t know how I would break that news to Nina. I knew that it would crush her for me to tell her that I would have to leave, and there was a possibility that I wouldn’t come back…

And no matter how much she cried or begged, I couldn’t let her come with me. It was too dangerous.

So, as she slept peacefully beside me that night, I laid wide awake until my body eventually gave up and drifted off to sleep — because I didn’t know how I could break Nina’s heart like that.

…

The next morning, Nina, our new pack that Nina had dubbed the ‘New Peacekeepers’, and I all made our way over to the conference room for the meeting.

When we entered, Lewis, a few of the other Fullmoons, and dean Cynthia were already sitting at the table.

“Well, if it isn’t the New Peacekeepers,” Lewis said, almost condescendingly. I knew that he would be pissed at me for deciding to leave my dad’s pack, but I didn’t care. To me, my friends were more my pack than the Fullmoons ever were. My dad might be upset at first, but I knew that he would understand deep down.

“Come on in,” Cynthia said, standing and gesturing to the open seats around the table. “There might not be enough seats for everyone. Sorry about that.”

all sat at the table while the

in her chair and stared down at her hands for a few moments, processing, before she looked back up and addressed all of us. “Our priority, first and foremost, is this campus,” she said. “After that, the town. Now, Lewis and some of the other Fullmoons did a sweep yesterday and did find quite a few residents holed up in their homes. They’ve been informed that they need to stay in their houses until further notice, but supplies are on the way. We do need some volunteers to help clear

almost in unison, as did Lori and Jessica. Meanwhile, much to my surprise, none of the

know this seems too soon, but the most important thing is for the students to feel a sense of normalcy amongst all of this chaos. Something to keep them occupied and motivated. Outside of class, we’ll be holding nightly rallies and counseling circles to anyone who needs them. The Fullmoons have offered to keep patrolling the entire perimeter of the town until Richard

antidote,” Nina chimed in. Her face went red as everyone turned to look at her. “…Just in

have any idea if Tiffany left instructions on how to make

shook her head. “I don’t know. I’m sure she

Lewis and the other Fullmoons. I reached out underneath the table and took her hand

well, and you’re one of our best medical students on campus. You and James. I’d like you two to take on the task of trying to figure out how Tiffany made that

throat formed a knot. Nina’s hand tensed in mine, and the

asked, her eyes searching

Jessica interjected.

widened. “Is he dead,

shot Nina and then he—” At this point,

yesterday,” Lori said. “He stole my car and

incredulously. “Why? He was such

anymore,” Nina

silent. Cynthia stared down at her hands for a long few moments before finally taking a deep breath and nodding. “Okay then,” she said. “Well, Nina…