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.

me for a moment before letting me go. Without a word, I quickly scurried past him and out of the auditorium, into the quiet hallway. As I made my way to the bathroom, I could already feel the tears beginning to well up in my eyes and I picked up my pace, just barely making

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 as not to ruin their night, but before I could hit send,

head up to see who had come in; my

it was the new girl.

I instantly knew that she was deliberately

I said, backing up against the 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 to happen. It was

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 what you’re after, and I’ll tell

widened as the girl spoke. She suddenly stopped herself, her face turning an even deeper shade of

what did she mean

“Selena?” I whispered.

The girl didn’t answer.

concern drawn across their faces, as though they

fuck are you

“Get out of here,”

friend! What’s wrong with you, seriously? You’re

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

pathetic,” the new girl said in a condescending tone of voice. “You three think you’re so special because 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 your precious little campus. In fact, when I leave, I might just do exactly that now that

that the girl said made no sense. What did she mean when she said she was so powerful she could have destroyed our campus? What