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.

to the bathroom, I could already feel the tears beginning to well up

the way that Justin was trying to coerce me into sleeping with 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

in; my first instinct was that Justin had followed me,

the

I instantly knew that she was deliberately looking for

wall as she suddenly charged toward me, her hands balled up into fists at her sides. “I-I didn’t ask for any of that

snarled, coming too close for comfort, so 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 know

She suddenly stopped herself, her face turning an

she mean when she

“Selena?” I whispered.

The girl didn’t answer.

and Jessica. They both had concern drawn across their faces, as though

are you doing?”

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

us!” Jessica shouted. “That’s our friend! What’s wrong

evil laugh. It

you saved this rinky-dink little backwater town. But I’ll 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 wince. “You don’t know even half of how powerful I am. You’re lucky I haven’t destroyed

she said she was so powerful she could have destroyed our campus? What did she