My Hockey Alpha

Nina

The next morning, after managing to get a few hours of sleep following my stint in the forest, I woke up with one goal in mind: to contact that witch that Lori found and see if she could offer any help.

I knew that it could be a scam, but I had to try. So, after finding the forum thread that Lori showed me, I finally found the witch’s profile and decided to send her an email.

Although it took me a long time to finally formulate my thoughts enough to get them out, I did eventually manage to write an at least semi-coherent email to the witch. I begged her to help me, and although I did keep the details vague just in case it was a scam, I told her that I needed someone to open a portal for me. When I was finished and finally hit send, I let out a sigh of relief and shut my laptop.

That afternoon, I went to work in the infirmary. Since no students came in, I was able to work more on Tiffany’s antidote. And I was pretty certain that I was coming extremely close to figuring out the formula.

Lori and Jessica, who tagged along to keep me company, sat on the other side of the lab table while I worked. I still hadn’t told them about how I sleepwalked out into the woods the night before, and I planned to keep it that way so as not to scare the hell out of them.

“How are you gonna test to see if this actually works?” Lori asked, her chin resting in her hand as she sleepily watched me while I worked.

“The only real way to find out is to just try it on a rogue,” I responded as I carefully dropped two drops of hydrochloric acid into the solution inside a glass flask.

Jessica furrowed her brow. “What if it doesn’t work?” she asked. “Won’t that be a waste of time and resources if we take the antidote all the way to one of the neighboring towns, only for it not to work?”

Now that I thought about it, Jessica was right. I hadn’t thought much about how we would test it, and with the Fullmoons planning on leaving, it could be risky to leave the campus unprotected.

up again before I could answer. “This might sound crazy, but… What if someone volunteered to be bitten, and we tested

“That is

defeatedly and she stared down at her coffee with a

could do it in a safe, controlled environment; only when I’m ninety-nine percent certain that

What, we’ll just let a rogue hang

happened, but of course the tunnels were still there; and there were still plenty of rooms down there that could easily house a rogue safely, away from other students. If the antidote didn’t work, then our volunteer could stay in there until we did figure it out… And I was certain that

guess you guys are right,” she said. “But it will have to be a willing

We’ll figure this out soon, and then we can begin

…

day in the infirmary, I finally closed up and began to walk home. Lori and Jessica had already left a few hours earlier, so I was alone; not that I minded. It felt good to be alone with my thoughts, and I knew I was right on the verge of a breakthrough with the antidote. I just needed to try a couple more things, and I was certain that I would have it

hockey arena, however, I heard the sound of laughter emanating from inside. The door was propped open, and as I passed, I

around in circles on the

eye as I watched them. Eli was leading Sadie around by her hands, helping to keep her from falling on the ice, while he deftly skated backwards. And then, at the last moment, he pulled her close and spun in

from a combination of the cold and their shared passion, and for an instant I felt a pang of jealousy in my chest. But

wished I hadn’t watched at all; it reminded me too much of myself and Enzo. I wished so badly that it was Enzo and

and locked myself in my room, the tears finally began to flow once again. I stifled my sobs in