My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 228: Closely Guarded

Nina

I knew that Enzo didn’t want to continue now that he seemed to have an understanding of the possibility of what was to come. But he didn’t say anything. Instead, we quietly put out our fire and began our journey toward the Alpha King’s mansion.

Somehow, my kiss with Enzo made the forest a little lighter. It seemed that Enzo remembering his past and breaking out of Selena’s spell also made her spell on the forest a bit less potent, like some of her power was drawn from manipulating Enzo. I hoped that it threw her off guard, but it also worried me that it only further alerted her to our presence and that it would piss her off.

The six of us began our walk to the Alpha King’s mansion. Now that it was a little bit lighter in the forest, Luke was able to get his bearings again. Luke and Enzo walked toward the front of the group as our guides. I stuck close to Enzo, not letting go of his warm hand for even a moment, and stayed vigilant in case Selena or the witch suddenly showed up.

I knew that they were out there somewhere. We all knew. There was only a very slim chance that Selena was potentially waiting for us at the mansion, but I was certain that she would continue hunting through the woods for us instead of simply waiting there. And there was absolutely no chance in Hell that Selena would have given up her search. With Enzo on the loose and finally free from her spell, she was too smart to let him go because she knew that it would only mean that he would join us and work to take her down. If she wanted to succeed in whatever sinister plan she had, she needed full control over everyone she could get her hands on — and we were people that she simply couldn’t control, because we had immense power as a group of friends who were brought together by an unbreakable bond.

I was beginning to realize that it was much more than that. Something changed when Enzo declared Matt his Beta, and when we decided on our pack’s name. It made it feel final, like it had been set in stone. Somehow, I thought that it had some sort of physical effect on us. Maybe it was just in my head, but

I didn’t think that it was protecting us entirely, but I could tell that it was weakening her power over us. Even if it was just weakening her a little bit, anything would help at this point. I didn’t want anyone to have to die tonight, and if I could subdue Selena in a way that

as we walked and looking down at me, his hand still holding

and it worked somehow. But my wolf

in. “It’s like I told you earlier,” he said matter-of-factly. “You’re more powerful than you think. You are the Alpha King’s daughter, after all, which means you possess more abilities than the average werewolf. And, because of your twin

that killing Selena would also kill me, I hadn’t thought that her magical abilities could bleed through to me.

quietly. As I spoke, I felt Enzo’s hand get tense around mine, and when I looked up his jaw was clenching and unclenching over and over again. I knew that he didn’t like the thought of me going head-to-head with Selena, but there was no other way to get around it. It was a highly likely possibility, and I knew that I would be the only other person who could

worried as Enzo,

he said, his voice somber. “There’s no way to know for sure. She has an advantage because she has her wolf,

emerged yet anyway, I was much weaker than Selena. Before, when I did have my wolf, I could tell how much more powerful I was even without her fully emerging. But now, her existence was nothing but a flicker. Enzo’s presence and love for me helped, but not enough. I needed to find a way