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 bury my father. I had asked him telepathically 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

close to me, but also off guard, before I could manage to inject her. I needed to

seemed to know what to

Nina had proven time and time again to have more powers than I ever thought she would have.

could have laughed, I would

to fall from Selena’s wrist onto the floor. “If you hurt Enzo, I’ll kill us both. Neither twin can live without the

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

for Nina again. Nina jerked herself

was looking right at me. In a way that was so subtle that Selena could never see it, Nina nodded ever so

up what little

lunged forward, plunging the needle

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

as soon as I could. My eyes searched her face as she screamed along with her sister, and all I could do was hold her tightly and pray that it would end soon… And that she wouldn’t face

into a

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

she stood and backed up against the wall. “Your poison does nothing to me.