My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 266: The Ceremony

Nina

We held the Claiming ceremony that night at the cabins. It was a new moon, and the sky was dark.

At first, I didn’t actually expect many people to show up — if any. But slowly, as the night went on, more and more people flooded in. Most of them were students from the campus aside from a couple of townspeople, and surprisingly Enzo approved of all of them. By the time we decided to start the ceremony, there were at least fifty people in attendance.

However, just as we were about to begin the ceremony, I saw one last person shuffle up to the group. Their face was covered by the hood on their sweatshirt, and it was obvious that they were trying to hide; but with my new ability to see well in the dark, I saw them instantly. And I knew who it was, too.

“Selena?” I saw, walking up to the hooded figure. I heard her curse under her breath as she tried to walk away, but I quickly grabbed her wrist and held onto her tightly. “Selena, we just went over this earlier today. What don’t you understand?”

Selena groaned and pulled her hood down, giving me a dark look. “It’s not fair to exclude me,” she said. “Just let me go back to the way I was before. I won’t bother anyone. I hate being human.”

With a sigh, I looked up at Enzo, who had followed me over.

“C’mon, Selena,” he said, taking her by the arm. “I’m walking you home.” He started to guide her away from the group, but Selena struggled against him and almost seemed to snarl, as though she forgot for a moment that she wasn’t a werewolf.

“I have information!” she shouted as Enzo continued to lead her away. He was being more forceful now, as other people were starting to notice that something was happening. “Nina, just listen to me!”

Enzo stopped and looked over his shoulder at me. I was curious now, so I walked up to them and folded my arms across my chest.

“Alright,” I said, not fully believing her. “If you have information that can help us and prove that you’re on our side, I’ll let you turn back.” As I spoke, Enzo’s eyes widened as he looked at me.

“Seriously?” his voice echoed in my head.

“She doesn’t

her arm free and scowled at him. “I have information on the Luna,” she said. “But

head. “Selena, what makes you think that I would trust you

long moments. She gave me the same look that she gave me earlier that morning before she finally turned

with that, we began the Claiming

…

wasn’t keen on partying at a time like this, and I found him sitting on the steps to

I said, handing him a beer as I walked up to

me with his brown eyes without a word, but I knew

gestured over to the party, where people were having fun. Matt was standing off to the side with a few new recruits and

at me quietly for a few more moments. Then, suddenly, he reached out and wrapped one arm around my hips. He pulled me close to where he sat and buried his head in my belly.

All of the back-and-forth between us all semester felt silly now, like a long-forgotten joke.

hand was cold against my skin and made me shiver. When I looked down at him, I realized now that he was looking up at me with a bit of mischief in his eyes. He brought his hand around,

laugh while

asked, gesturing with his head

resist. A smile spread across my face as I nodded in agreement. Enzo stood, taking

beers were discarded on the floor and our bodies flew into a frenzy of locked lips and tangled limbs. I was already drunk from a few beers that night, and before I knew it, I found myself laying on my

But at the same time, my new werewolf eyes caught something in the darkness. I stopped Enzo and pointed over in the corner, where a small bundle of rope lay on the

Enzo asked, furrowing his brow. “You want

nodded, biting my lower lip. Enzo let out a bit

sitting up. “I want

walked over to the rope. I watched

know, now that I think of it,” he said, placing his hand on my neck and pushing me back down on the bed so that it felt as though he was towering over me, “maybe I should tie you up. You’re too