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…”

my throat. I looked around frantically at all of my friends, pleading them to do something, anything. Deep down, the logical part of me knew

Suddenly, Matt stepped forward.

try,” he said, lifting his chin up with a brave expression on his face. “I’m a werewolf now. Maybe if you show me how to do it, Luke, I can open

said. “You either have the ability

“That’s all the hope I need.

Lori and Jessica while Matt and Luke gathered together in the middle of the clearing. As I watched Luke begin to demonstrate

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

motion, picture something in your mind that gives you strength. It can be anything… In your case, you could use your wolf. By picturing that thing, you’re taking strength from it and using that strength to open the portal. But you

focusing on one thing. Without a wolf, I

of him, his hand moving continuously in that same counter-clockwise motion. Lori and Jessica tightened their grips on my hand, and the three

to his side and shook his head

quietly, turning back to face the rest of us. “I’m sorry. I

apologetic look, but I only felt anger bubbling up inside

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

practically feel the pity emanating off of them; they knew that it wasn’t going to work. But I had to try. I couldn’t

Nina,” Luke said, walking

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

sigh. I got into the position that he showed Matt, waiting for Luke’s instructions. Without a word, he