My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 239: The Kindness of Strangers

Nina

My eyes widened even more as the old man’s words echoed in my head.

“No one needs to die. You can fight the dark sister without anyone getting hurt.”

“How… How did you…” I began to stutter, but before I could get anything coherent out of my mouth, the old man suddenly slapped a wad of money down on the table and stood, adjusting his hat.

“Ah,” he said, patting his rounded belly. “Good burger.”

Enzo gave me a confused look, but said nothing. I didn’t know what to say; how had Frank read my mind like that? It must have been a werewolf ability, but… it was so powerful. I supposed that he was a Beta, after all.

But what did he mean when he said that no one would need to die? How did he know for sure?

I had so many questions, but no time to ask them. Frank, without another word, headed out of the diner with Enzo and I on his heels. Enzo shot me another look, but I only shook my head ever so slightly. After that, we climbed back into the car and were on the road again.

As Frank drove, I was still too taken aback to talk about it again. If he was somehow right, and that I could defeat Selena without anyone having to die, then that changed things drastically. But how? How could she be stopped without violence? She was so powerful thanks to her witch powers in combination with her werewolf abilities that I couldn’t possibly think about any other scenario to stop her that didn’t involve violence.

But if Frank was right when he said that I could stop Selena without anyone getting hurt, then that gave me some hope.

I needed more than

felt myself drifting off. Even Enzo seemed to be nodding off when I glanced up at him, and it made me feel safe. I didn’t feel afraid to put my head on Enzo’s shoulder and let sleep take over me for the first time in almost two days as we drove, and Frank didn’t say anything to break the silence. Soon enough, I had fallen into

some time later by the feeling of the truck pulling over onto what felt like

pine trees on either side. The air felt cool and fresh, even inside the truck, and there was a light mist that had settled on the ground. The mist wasn’t thick enough to obscure our sight, but it was just enough to

and looking around. I didn’t see the Alpha King’s mansion anywhere around — I couldn’t even see the tops

park. “This is as far as I’m willin’ to take

at Frank. “How far out

closer. Yer

already late afternoon. Considering the fact that we had returned to the werewolf realm before lunchtime, it had been a long day of traveling. And, now that winter was upon us, the sun would be going down soon. The thought of walking out in these woods in the dark again freaked me out too much to even want to think

Frank,” I said, managing a weak smile. “We really appreciate

“Yup.”

out his wallet, then rifled through it for some cash and held the wad out to Frank. “Here,” he said. “For the gas and the

shaking his head. “Just…” He paused then, and for the first time I saw the old man’s yellow eyes fade. They weren’t yellow after all; they were hazel. And, for the first time, his face looked tired and sad. “Just… Get it done,” he said quietly. His hands were

to stop Selena and whoever this “Luna” was. It was

to squeeze the old man’s knotted hand. As I did, his hazel eyes

try our best,”

I still had my backpack from my first excursion into the werewolf realm, so we shoved our water and our snacks into it and waved our goodbyes to the old man before we started heading

though we both seemed to be of the belief that if we let go of each other for even a second, we would

leave Enzo behind… and if I could find a way to keep that from happening, while still stopping

didn’t know who this “Luna”