My Hockey Alpha

Nina

Thanks to Luke’s help, I was able to get a little more sleep that night before I would have to go to class. A bit of rest was greatly needed to get over my hangover, and I felt a bit of peace wash over me at the thought of the antidote not only working during the test, but also the fact that Luke had found a witch who helped us. Not only was my wolf not completely missing now, but Luke planned on putting a hex on Selena to keep her from opening a portal. All thanks to Luke, I now had a little more time. And this time, I knew that I could just be patient and let Enzo come to me. With my wolf’s presence returning, I knew that he would be able to pick up my scent; as his true fated mate, I was positive that he wouldn’t be able to resist it. Then, when he eventually came to me, I could try to get him to remember.

When I woke up again that morning, my headache was a bit better and I didn’t feel as though I would vomit again. I still felt a bit woozy and sore, especially thanks to the horrible things that those men tried to do to me, but my wolf’s presence helped me heal a little bit — enough to ease some of the soreness, at least. On my way to class, I stopped at the dining hall and picked up a coffee and a greasy breakfast sandwich, which both helped immensely.

However, despite all of these things, I knew that I needed to steel myself before I walked into class. Selena would most definitely be there again, and if she had any idea of my attempt from the night before to make Enzo remember me, then she would be out for revenge.

And she was. Almost as soon as I walked into class and sat down, Selena came in behind me. She sat down directly behind me, except this time it seemed that she made some new friends.

I could hear them whispering about me before class even started. No matter how much I tried to ignore it, I simply couldn’t tune it out. It seemed that Selena wanted me to hear it as well.

“You know, I really don’t get why guys are so obsessed with her,” Selena whispered, causing the other girls to snicker nastily. “She’s not even that pretty. And she’s too skinny.”

“I heard that she’s been starving herself ever since her boyfriend disappeared,” another girl chimed in. “What a joke. Why anyone would even want to look like a stick really beats me.”

“Maybe it’s because she was obsessed with that one grad student for a while,” the third girl whispered then. “He is gay, after all. Maybe she thinks that he’ll like her if she looks like a boy.”

was already fuming as I listened to Selena and her friends. Of course I knew that people always gossiped about me at this school, but I thought that they had stopped since the attack from the Crescents. It seemed that now, however, Selena was instigating more gossip.

guy disappeared, too,” one of the girls whispered then in response to

“I guess she’s just driving all the guys away, huh?” she said. “Must be her

but I decided not to and just kept my head down. By that point, the professor started class anyway, and I was able to have some reprieve from the nasty comments coming from behind me. All I needed to do was keep myself focused on my studying and lay low, because it was only a matter

on, Selena and her new friends didn’t relent with their bullying. On more than one occasion, I felt them throw

her desk with her foot and firmly kicked the back of my chair, causing

to face her. But even as I did that, Selena and her friends acted completely oblivious; and, given our spot in the classroom, no one else saw the way that they were bullying me

Harper?” the

to look at him, my face red with a combination of rage and embarrassment. The professor stood at the front of

muttered. “It’s just that

the professor interrupted impatiently, “but this isn’t the time

eyes widened. “But

don’t care. You’re being disruptive, and all of your peers are quite literally paying to be here. You can

the professor spoke, I felt the undeniable sensation of tears pricking at the backs of my eyes. My palms began to itch with anxiety, and I quickly stood and gathered my