My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 235: Return Together

Nina

Enzo and I had to return to the werewolf realm only minutes after we buried his father.

We didn’t have time to rest or regroup, or to even gather fresh supplies. No matter how badly I just wanted to lie down in my bed for hours or take a hot shower to ease the soreness in my muscles, I knew that we needed to leave as soon as possible. There was a possibility that Selena and the witch were already hot on our trails, as we had spent so much time that morning taking care of Richard’s funeral. I didn’t know how long Luke’s hex would last; it could have been wearing off at that exact moment, for all I knew — which meant that Selena could easily open a portal at any second and kill all of us.

Except for me, of course. She couldn’t kill me, and she knew that; but she would make sure to make me suffer.

There was no way to stop Selena if we didn’t act quickly. Already, I imagined that she was probably fuming, and would likely find a way to get her revenge if we didn’t hurry. But my friends were exhausted, and I didn’t want to put them in any more danger than they already had been that night.

“We can go with you,” Matt said, stepping forward from the rest of the group despite the fact that he looked just as battered and exhausted as everyone else. “I will go, at least.”

Enzo shook his head.

a strong and powerful Alpha. I thought back to the way that he was at the beginning of the semester, and how different he had been. All of us had been so different then… But was it for better or for worse? Did everything that we experienced bring us together and

his brow. “You expect us to just let you

Lori said firmly. When I looked at her, she was swaying slightly in

well, her voice high and shaky. “We won’t let

across the forest clearing. Even the morning birds that sang around us went silent for a few moments. But then he softened a bit, and I felt his shoulders slump slightly beside me. He looked at Matt then and addressed him firmly. “You’re my Beta. I need you

and stuck his hands in his pockets. Meanwhile, Lori and Jessica stood off to the side and stared at us with a combination of shock and sadness. I could tell that

see my friends again, or if this would be the last time I would ever see them. I didn’t even know if I should tell them that there was a chance that I wouldn’t come back… Maybe it was best, I thought to myself, if I let them go on thinking that I would return at some point. Maybe if I said a real goodbye now, it would only

keep my fate to myself — although whether it was for my friends’ sake or my own sake

much sleep or rest, but it didn’t mean that the entire experience didn’t make him utterly exhausted.

several yards away from us. I still didn’t know what that was, or where

the recipe. It’s on the computer in the

that what I said set off some red flags; it implied that I wouldn’t be returning anytime soon, if ever. But

managed a weak smile. So did Jessica. Beside her, Lori only stared at me with that same knowing, solemn stare that she had always been