My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 229: Never Leave My Side

Nina

“There’s the side door,” Enzo said, pointing ahead at a small wooden door that was located on the side of the mansion. “The guards should switch over soon. When they do, we can get inside if we run quickly. But all of us can’t go in there.”

I nodded. “You’re right. It would be too obvious if six of us went in all at once.”

“I can keep watch out here,” Matt said. “Maybe if Selena comes, I can distract her. Lori and Jessica, maybe you two can stay with me.”

Lori and Jessica both nodded in agreement. I was glad, because I felt as though it was more dangerous inside the mansion. At least out here, they could easily run away if they needed to. Then, that just left Enzo, Luke and I to go inside. Enzo knew the layout of the mansion well, so of course he needed to go in. And if Selena was inside waiting for us, I wanted to be there to fight her if I needed to. As for Luke… When I looked at him, I knew that he wouldn’t let me go in there without him. He was originally supposed to be my bodyguard, after all. He wouldn’t have come this far just to let me wander into the monster’s lair without him there by my side to protect me, regardless of whether Enzo was with me or not.

“Okay.” I looked back and forth between all of my friends. “We’ll be fast. If you guys see Selena coming, text me so we know she’s out here. When we get Richard, we’ll come back and I’ll open a portal for us and get us all the hell out of here.”

The rest of my friends nodded. Suddenly, Enzo shook my shoulder and pointed again.

“Look,” he said. “They’re switching over again.”

chance; we only had a tiny window of unguarded time to run across the road and over to the door, and so without even having the time to so

keeping low. I followed suit, always keeping one eye on the

at their posts. But they were going to begin patrolling, so we couldn’t stop here in case one of them came over to our area. Enzo, still staying low, crouched and ran up to the side door. He took one glance over his shoulder at Luke and I, checking to make sure that we were behind him — and we were

made me even more anxious

into a

inside with no lights on. I reached for my phone

But he was right; using a flashlight could alert someone to our presence. I would just have to hold

both hands, feeling as though I was as blind as a bat at first. Finally, my eyes adjusted a little and I could see somewhat better. We turned down another hallway that was a bit wider, and there were

the sounds of snoring coming through some of the doors. Enzo did say before that the side door led to the servants’ quarters, so I figured that the

It was a pretty kitchen, very old-fashioned, and I normally would have

one was stirring. If Selena was here, she was hiding herself well. No servants were awake and moving about, and only once or twice we quickly ducked

I was certain that Selena would jump out at any moment and kill all three of us, which made me only hold onto Enzo even more tightly. His strong arm felt firm and steady

avoid a sleepy guard walking past, and we waited there for a few moments to get our bearings. The room seemed like a small library, with the walls made of bookshelves, a stained glass window on the far wall, and a table with

always thought that my real parents were dead. I never even thought for a moment that even one of my parents could still be alive, let alone the Alpha King of the werewolves. Maybe that was what urged me to say what I said next; or maybe it was because

shocked even at my own words.