My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 244: Hesitation

Enzo

I should have known that Selena would suddenly appear. I supposed that I got too comfortable thanks to Nina’s strange powers; I should have pulled her away from the murals and continued on our journey.

But even if I did do all of that, maybe Selena would have found us anyway.

As I laid there on the floor, I felt as though there was a ton of bricks on my chest. An invisible force pinned me to the floor, making my limbs feel heavy and weak. The spell invaded my throat and my mouth, keeping me from speaking.

Beside me, Nina fell to the floor when she tried to lunge at Selena. I fell soon after. I tried to reach for Nina, as if touching her would somehow keep her safe, but I was too weak. Even moving my hand a few inches to try and touch her felt like daggers shooting through my flesh and bones.

Even then, I pushed through the pain in an attempt to get to Nina. I would let every fiber of my being rip to shreds if it meant protecting her. If only I could get just a little closer…

Selena saw me moving, and diverted her attention away from Nina. I supposed, in a way, I was just glad that she was focused on me and not Nina. She stormed over to me and grabbed me by the hair, yanking my head back as she raised her hand to cast a spell that would kill me and leave Nina to suffer.

But she had no idea that I wanted this, and that I had a trick up my sleeve that I prepared long in advance.

The antidote.

to bring me a syringe full of it, and while Selena was on her rant about the history of humans and werewolves and the subsequent curse that was placed on the Alpha King’s offspring, I worked the syringe out of my sleeve and removed the cap covering the

strength. I had to wait for Selena to be close to me, but also off guard, before I could manage to inject her. I needed

Nina somehow seemed to know what

Nina had proven time and time again to have more powers than I ever thought she would have. She opened portals, created shockwaves, read minds and dazed

I could have laughed, I would have; because

harder and causing red droplets of blood to fall from Selena’s wrist onto the floor. “If you hurt Enzo, I’ll kill us both.

her arm — the one that could end in her death if it was cut — to be convincing, but I knew that she would never cut it. She just wanted Selena to think that

Nina jerked herself away and out

gripped the syringe tightly, flashing a look at Nina; she was looking right at me. In a way that was so subtle that Selena could never see it, Nina nodded ever so slightly. She was telling me

my teeth, I mustered up what little

lunged forward, plunging the

backwards while the needle stuck out of her leg still. She

myself up onto my hands and slid over to her, pulling her close as soon as I could. My eyes

into a human, however, it was better

face softened in my lap, and her eyes fluttered open after being squeezed shut. Through her tears, she looked up at

up against the wall. “Your poison does nothing to me. See? I’m still