My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 221: Learning Curve

Nina

I felt utterly hopeless. What was I supposed to do? Selena put some sort of hex on Luke to keep him from opening a portal, which was not only shocking as I wasn’t even sure how she knew that he was coming, but the rest of us also couldn’t open a portal.

“We’ll try again tomorrow, Nina,” Luke said gently. He reached out to squeeze my shoulder, but I flinched away. I was too angry for comfort, not at him, but at Selena.

“We have to get to Enzo tonight,” I insisted, my voice shaking as my eyes began to well up with tears. “Please. I can’t explain it, but I think that tomorrow might be too late.”

Luke paused. Between the five of us, the air was silent.

“Nina, I… I really can’t open a portal,” Luke said quietly. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t. She put a hex on me. She may have put a hex on the whole area so no one could even open a portal.”

“Nina, Enzo will be okay until the morning,” Jessica said, stepping forward and placing her hand on my arm. When I looked over at her, she had a pained and apologetic expression on her face. Even in the darkness, I could see that there were tears in her own eyes. “He’s strong. He’ll be okay.”

I shook my head and let out a wry chuckle as the tears began to stream down my cheeks.

“That’s what you keep saying,” I growled, “but it’s not true. Selena already has her claws sunken in far enough. I saw how easily she made Enzo forget everything just now. He… He was practically an entirely different person. If we don’t get to him soon, she’ll only strengthen her grip on him.”

The air fell silent again as all of my friends stared at me. I felt as though they were looking at me like I was a crazy person, and it made me sick. Why couldn’t they understand that we needed to figure this out now? Enzo was in danger. His father was in danger. The Alpha King was in danger, and so was the entire world if we didn’t get help against the Crescents. Tonight was the one night that we had left. Selena was too smart and cunning, and she would act quickly. Even though we hadn’t been raised together, we were still twins… And somehow, I knew what she was going to do next. It was like a sixth sense. It made me wonder if that was why she knew that Luke was coming; maybe she had that same sixth sense about me.

sorry…” Luke

down, the logical part of me knew that

Suddenly, Matt stepped forward.

his face. “I’m a werewolf now. Maybe if you show me how to do it,

wide. “It’s not quite as simple as just teaching someone,” he said. “You either have the

hope I need.

to join Lori and Jessica while Matt and Luke gathered together in the middle of the clearing. As I watched Luke begin to demonstrate how to open a portal to Matt, Lori and Jessica both took each of my

this,” Luke began. He turned to the side, then held his left arm out with his index finger and his middle finger extended. Matt imitated him. “Widen your stance,” Luke said. “There you go. And keep your middle finger and index finger together, like they’re glued together. Perfect. Now…” Luke began to move his hand slowly in a counter-clockwise circle, his

your case, you could use your wolf. By picturing that thing, you’re taking strength from it and using that strength

like he was thinking hard, focusing on one thing. Without a wolf, I wondered what Luke thought

long, palpable seconds passed. Matt stayed firmly focused on the air in front of him, his hand moving continuously in that same counter-clockwise

back to

back to face the rest

gave me an apologetic look, but I

storming into the center of the clearing. “Get out of the

way. The rest of my friends stared at me in shock. I could practically feel the pity emanating off of them; they knew that it wasn’t going to work. But I had

Nina,” Luke said, walking up to me, “your

that my wolf had gone dormant again. It didn’t matter to me; I still needed to

got into the position that he showed Matt, waiting for Luke’s instructions. Without a word, he finally reached out and