My Hockey Alpha

Nina

“Nina,” Justin said, shaking my arm. “What are you doing?”

I blinked, shaking my head as I returned to my senses. “S-Sorry,” I said. “Just zoned out.”

Justin was silent. When I looked at him, he looked angry and jealous, and his lips were pressed into a thin line.

“Did you enjoy your dance?” he asked, folding his arms across his chest.

I wanted to correct him and remind him that we weren’t together as a couple, but for some reason, I was too dazed by my encounter with Eli to speak up. So I simply shook my head and stared at the floor. “Not really,” I replied. “I wouldn’t have danced with him if it weren’t for the social pressure.”

Justin seemed satisfied by this, and before I could stop him, he suddenly grabbed me by the wrist a little too hard and pulled me in. In an instant, he pressed his lips firmly against mine, so hard it almost hurt. Then, when he finally pulled away, he leaned in close to me and whispered something in my ear.

“Come back to my place later,” he whispered, planting a kiss on my neck. “I think it’s time we finally take our relationship further.”

As Justin spoke, I felt myself shudder. And in an odd way, I almost felt scared of him at that moment. I couldn’t explain it, but his sudden shift in demeanor was a bit frightening, and I didn’t know what to say.

“Um… I’m going to use the restroom,” I said suddenly. I just needed to get away.

hallway. As I made my way to the bathroom, I could already feel the

him. It felt deliberate, as though he knew I was vulnerable right now, and I was more drunk than I should have been that night. My hands shook as I pulled out my phone and started to text Lori and Jessica that I was going to go home early by myself so

to see who had come in; my first

was the new girl.

her face, and I instantly knew that she was deliberately looking

her hands balled up into fists at her sides. “I-I didn’t ask for any of that to happen.

close I could feel her hot breath on my face as she breathed heavily through her nose. “You’ve been staring at him ever since we got here, Nina. I

the girl spoke. She suddenly stopped herself, her face turning an

my name? And what did she mean when she said that

“Selena?” I whispered.

The girl didn’t answer.

both had concern drawn across their faces, as though they were looking for me, but

are you

new girl spun around to face Lori. “Get out of here,” she growled. “This doesn’t concern

I think it does concern us!” Jessica shouted. “That’s our friend! What’s wrong with you,

frozen. The new girl chuckled, and her laugh… I swore it sounded too familiar. It really did sound just like Selena’s evil laugh. It was uncanny, and I was certain at

tell you what—” she turned back then to face me and grimaced as she roughly poked her index finger into my sternum, causing me to

she said she was so powerful she could have destroyed our campus? What did she come here to learn? Who