My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 219: Another Obstacle

Nina

Finally, I agreed to go to the werewolf realm with my friends.

But we needed to prepare first, and we had to hurry. Time was running short; there was no knowing what Selena had done by now. If her spell on Enzo was already this powerful, then I could only imagine how much more powerful it could be within this short period of time. Not only that, but if she had the Alpha King in her grasp as well, things could go south very quickly. I also couldn’t help but wonder if Richard, Enzo’s father, was being held captive too.

For right now, though, we needed to get Enzo away from her. Once we had Enzo back and we were able to break through Selena’s spell again, then he could help us save Richard and the Alpha King.

The five of us quickly ran home to gather some supplies. The sky was darkening quickly, and it would only be a matter of time before it was too dark to even traverse the forest to find the Alpha King’s mansion. None of us had ever been there before; only Luke knew vaguely where it was. The rest of us were useless when it came to navigating that place.

While Matt ran back to his dorm to pack a bag, Lori, Jessica and I ran up to our own dorm. The three of us flew into a frenzy, filling the dorm with the sounds of panicked packing and yelling; no doubt our neighbors hated us during those moments. I packed lightly, with only a change of clothes, a hunting knife, and some granola bars in case we took longer than expected. I hoped to get us in and out of there by the end of the next day at the most, but there was no knowing exactly how long it would take us. For all we knew, Selena would catch us and we would never make it home.

I came to that realization as I was zipping up my backpack.

If Selena caught us, then I would be putting all of my friends in danger.

I froze, my backpack still in my hand, as the worry washed over me. My palms began to sweat and my heart started to race, and I slowly looked up at my friends, who were currently arguing over whether to bring weapons or not.

a big, heavy bat flashlight that we had purchased during our first year living in the dorms. We kept it in the hallway, as if someone would come into our dorm in the middle of the night and kill us. At the time, when Jessica first bought it I thought that it was a silly idea, but now I knew

I didn’t want my friends to have to defend themselves

way that my hands were

my backpack onto my back. “I… I don’t want you to have to bring either,” I replied,

narrowed. “Don’t you dare say that, Nina Harper,” she growled. “We’re your friends. And we’re coming with

the Crescents. Right now, that’s

be able to save even Enzo on my own, let alone Richard and

was a lump in my throat and a pit of dread growing in my stomach, I knew that I had to let my friends come

the flashlight,”

…

took ten minutes at the most, we met up with Luke

at the building that contained the dean’s office.

as glorified hall monitors. It didn’t really work, and people still went out after dark,

off once more toward the woods, and by the time we reached the edge of the treeline, the curfew alarm went

to the clearing where Enzo and Selena left. He explained as we walked that portals could sometimes leave residue, which could make it easier to open another portal. And, if we used the residue from the previous portal to open a new one, there was a likely chance

the center of the clearing. The full moon was rising slowly above us, and