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.

was what I needed more than

of food, I 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

the feeling of the truck pulling over onto

but had seemingly returned to the country roads that were thickly wooded with pine trees on either side. The air felt cool

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

said, putting the truck in park. “This

then looked over at Frank.

hour’s walk. I ain’t goin’ any closer. Yer business ain’t

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

said, managing a weak smile. “We really appreciate

“Yup.”

for some cash and held the wad out to Frank. “Here,” he said. “For

eyes fade. They weren’t yellow after all; they were hazel. And, for the first time, his face looked tired

stop Selena and whoever this “Luna” was. It was clear that people like Frank were suffering because

eyes met mine, and I swore I saw a

our best,”

out of the truck. I still had my backpack from my first excursion into the werewolf realm, so we shoved

the belief

Frank was right. I didn’t want to leave Enzo behind… and if I could find a way to

I still didn’t know who