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

at him, and it made me feel safe. I didn’t feel afraid to put my head on Enzo’s

time later by the feeling

heads up to see that Frank had pulled over on the side of a road. We were no longer on the highway, but had seemingly returned to the country roads that were thickly wooded with 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

and looking around. I didn’t see the Alpha King’s mansion anywhere around — I couldn’t even see the tops of the massive spires poking up above

said, putting the truck in park. “This is as

looked around, then looked over at Frank. “How far out are we?”

hour’s walk. I ain’t goin’ any closer. Yer business ain’t mine, and I’ve gotta

right. When I glanced at the clock on the truck’s dashboard, it was 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 about it, and I just wanted to get to the Alpha King’s mansion before

weak smile. “We really

“Yup.”

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

said, 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

to ask what Frank meant. He wanted us to stop Selena and whoever this “Luna” was. It was clear that people like Frank were suffering because of the things that

old man’s knotted hand. As I did, his hazel eyes met mine, and I swore I saw a

our best,” I

my backpack from my first excursion into the werewolf realm, so we shoved our water and our snacks into it and waved our goodbyes

Enzo and I didn’t let go of each other’s hands once. It almost felt as though we both seemed to be of the belief that if we let go of each other for even a second, we would lose each other

didn’t want to leave Enzo behind… and if I could find a way to keep that from happening, while still

didn’t know who this “Luna”