My Hockey Alpha

Nina

There was a long, uncomfortable silence after we announced our new pack. Not only were the Fullmoons — especially Lewis — both appalled and angry that Enzo apparently planned to leave their pack, but dean Cynthia was also shocked that I referred to us as the New Peacekeepers.

Cynthia opened her mouth to respond, but nothing would come out. Finally, she shut it again and nodded.

“Alright,” she said, somewhat approvingly, “tomorrow morning, we’ll hold a meeting between the Fullmoons and the… New Peacekeepers to discuss our next plans to get things back to normal while the Fullmoon Alpha is away. Everyone, meet at nine o’clock sharp tomorrow morning in the conference room across from my office. Anyone who wants to come is welcome to join.”

…

With the dean and the hockey team taking care of the students and the Fullmoons now patrolling the campus, I needed to go back to the dorm and check on Lori and Jessica. Enzo agreed to come with me, clearly not wanting to take his eyes off of me for even a minute despite the fact that we were pretty much in the clear now. Not that I minded, of course. I didn’t want him to leave my sight, either, because I was secretly terrified that Selena would show up at any moment and take him away from me. Honestly, I was surprised that she hadn’t shown up yet. I just chalked it up to her being afraid to come to the campus with the Crescents and the rogues roaming around. Maybe she would continue being afraid and would stay away for a good, long while.

When we returned to the dorm, however, I quickly realized that this sense of peace and safety was short-lived…

Because Lori and Jessica were sitting on the couch, with Jessica’s door wide open and a big, nasty cut running along the side of Jessica’s face. She was holding it and sobbing while Lori panicked beside her, unsure of what to do. They both instantly looked up with frightened gasps when Enzo and I entered, but simultaneously let out big sighs of relief when they saw that it was only us.

could see now that she didn’t only have a cut

to make sure he didn’t fall over in his chair and hit his head or something — and he’d somehow gotten out of his restraints.

safe here, but I instead left them with a maniac who apparently had no morals left. What had happened to the James I once

quickly came over. He nudged me out of the way and crouched down in front of Jessica to get a good look at her wounds. She flinched

said. “He just ran. He took my car keys, so I can only assume that he’s long gone

Jessica whispered once Enzo’s healing gave her the strength to

sorry,” I murmured, reaching out and squeezing my friend’s leg as tears began

we all knew that he was losing

be any scars. I could tell that Enzo was furious by the way that his eyes were narrowed and his jaw was clenched,

do, unfortunately,” he said finally after a few minutes. He pulled his hands away to reveal that Jessica’s cuts and bruises were mostly healed, but the bruises especially were still a little pink and blue. At least she wasn’t bleeding anymore and could speak. I was just glad that

said. Suddenly, she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Enzo, hugging him tightly. I couldn’t fully contain my smile as I watched

we’ll do everything we can to find him and get your