My Hockey Alpha

Enzo

I couldn’t explain the strange connection I had to this girl named Nina.

She looked almost exactly like Selena; the only differences were that her eyes were brown instead of blue, and she had freckles dotted across her nose and cheeks. She wore her long, dark hair in two braids with bangs at the front, while Selina always had her hair done impeccably by an expensive hair stylist. And Nina dressed in jeans, warm sweaters and beanies, and beat-up Converse sneakers while Selena always dressed in designer clothing that never had any signs of wear.

I had always thought that Selena was my fated mate. And I was happy with that.

And yet, every time I looked at Nina, I couldn’t deny the feeling that washed over me. I felt deeply connected to this girl in some way, and I simply didn’t have any explanation for it. Was this some sort of way to test my loyalty? Was that why Selena brought me here — to make sure that I would stay true to her before we got married? Was Nina planted here by Selena as a way to see if I would fall for another woman?

No matter what the case was, I simply couldn’t help myself from staring at this strange girl; and for some reason, she couldn’t seem to stop staring at me, either.

When I danced with her, I had felt so comfortable. It was as though I had known her for ages, every curve of her body as I placed my hand on her waist, the feeling of her small hand in mine, the sparkle in her brown eyes… But I didn’t know her.

Right?

At the end of the dance, I could have sworn that I overheard her and that other guy talking about me. They kept saying my name, and I couldn’t keep myself from getting curious. While Selena was primping in the bathroom, I finally couldn’t help it anymore and wound up going up to Nina to ask why she kept saying my name, but she seemed to think that I was just playing a practical joke on her.

At first, I told myself that maybe she just happened to know someone else by the name of Enzo — but the more I thought about it, and the more it impacted my sleep, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was something else to this.

against the Crescents. I thought that it was just post traumatic stress from the fighting, but I couldn’t even really remember the fighting. Instead, when I slept at night, I remembered an antidote. I remembered water raining down on top of me, and the sound of

inside my head, I couldn’t sleep. Selena was sound asleep beside me — even snoring softly — and so I quietly got up and put on a sweatshirt and my shoes, then headed out to

cold night, until I finally sat down on the edge of a fountain in the quad. The water seemed to be shut off for

was quiet until I heard the sound of footsteps

up, not expecting to see anyone of

girl,” Fio, my wolf, said inside of me. He had taken a particular liking to Nina as well, but he couldn’t explain it either.

replied. “I shouldn’t. Selena will

a great deal of emotional pain. And as she came closer, I

and approach her as well, and soon we were

first, but we stood so close to each other that I could smell her. She had no scent, seeing as how she was

About the other night…” I began, feeling my heart race

head and took a step back, increasing the gap between us. “It’s fine,” she said, clutching the wolf to her chest even more tightly. As I looked at it, even the wolf plushie looked oddly familiar, and seeing her hold it gave me a strange sense of

“I shouldn’t have bothered you. It was silly

as she bit her lower lip before she finally spoke again. “You said

heart leaped up into my throat then. “You…

nodded. Her eyes were still fixed on mine, and the longer we held each other’s stares, her face seemed to flash with recognition. In fact, the longer I looked at her, the more I

over my shoulder, and her eyes widened for a moment.