My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 251: A New Life

Nina

The next morning, after spending the night in Enzo’s apartment, I woke up feeling filled with a new sense of life. Despite all of my sleep deprivation, I surprisingly jumped out of bed before my alarm even went off. Enzo found me a little while later in the kitchen, making coffee and breakfast.

“You’re up already?” Enzo asked, rubbing his eyes sleepily. “And dressed, too?”

I nodded and smiled as I plopped two pieces of toast onto a plate and began to spread butter on them. “I’m going to class,” I said.

Enzo raised his eyebrows. I knew that he was surprised that I wanted to get back to class so soon, and he immediately voiced his concerns.

“Are you sure you don’t want to rest first?” he asked. “Everything has been so hectic. I’m sure the dean and your professors will understand if you need to miss a couple more days.”

I shook my head vehemently. “Nope. I’m going to class. I just want to feel like a normal person again, and I’ve already missed too much class this semester.”

Enzo stared at me for a while, but he said nothing. Instead, he finally seemed to give up and came over to pour himself a cup of coffee. He wrapped his arms around me and planted a kiss on the top of my head as he passed, then stole a bite of my toast with a cheeky grin before pouring his coffee. It made me smile; if I just pretended that I didn’t still need to deal with the Luna at some point, and if I pretended that the Crescents weren’t planning on taking over the world along with her, then I could imagine that we were just a regular couple getting ready to start our day. Someday, I hoped that we could live with that sense of normalcy. Once all of this was over, I was certain that could happen.

“Well, just don’t burn yourself out,” Enzo finally said. “I’ll walk you to class.”

deep, passionate kiss before I went in, ignoring the disgusted looks from other students over our blatant public display of

pay much attention since Enzo had been gone, but now that he was safely home, my friends were safe, and Selena was

her, and even though she had plenty of comfort, access to food, and was able to use the locker rooms to shower and get changed, I still felt

ability to turn her back eventually if she wound up working on herself and proving that she wouldn’t cause any more trouble, but for now she was pretty much harmless. Of course, we would still need to keep an eye on her in case she tried to do anything, but she didn’t have any special abilities anymore. She wasn’t any real threat to us, and I was also fairly certain that my words from the night before did strike a bit of a chord with her, so I didn’t think that she was planning on jumping at the opportunity to work with the Luna; not that the Luna would have given her the opportunity, anyway. Selena was clearly

drawn out of her, and I felt as though the only way to do that was to show

I went to my friends and told them

on doing what?”

situation,” I replied. “I know she liked being a student here; she’s never been able to experience real college. And if we can make her happy and show her that we’re not

even looking at us. She was still lying listlessly on her infirmary bed, facing the wall with her back turned to us. From what Luke and Matt said, she had hardly moved from that position since we first put

Enzo let out a sigh. “She’s right,” he said. “There’s no use in keeping her locked up and making her hate us even more. She could prove to be an important ally if we show her that we want

hissed through my lips. The rest of my friends stared at the ground thoughtfully before they

hurt. We should still

in some classes if she wants,” I said. “Maybe the dean will assign her a dorm. If we keep the guard subtle, then maybe she won’t notice so

and stepped in. They waited outside while I slowly walked up

as I approached. “Can

huff. “What do you want?” she

my lip, wondering how to phrase things. I knew that she would still be terribly angry with me, and there was still a chance that she would reject any form of reconciliation. Enzo and I had, after all, stripped her

a student