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.

replied. “She

let Selena go, and she wrenched her arm free and scowled at him. “I have information on the

what makes you think that I would trust you enough to turn you before you even tell

for several long moments. She gave me the same look that she gave

with that, we

…

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

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

swig. He stared up at me with his brown eyes

to the side with a few new recruits and he was teaching them how to

looked 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. I let out a soft sigh as I

Enzo felt so natural now that we had marked each other. All of the back-and-forth between us all semester felt silly now, like a long-forgotten joke. Even with the threat of the Luna and the Crescents on the horizon, I felt at

he was looking up at me with a bit of mischief in his eyes. He brought his hand around, tracing his fingers along my waist, and then moved aside my bra to give

to laugh while I felt my nipple go hard underneath my shirt. I couldn’t help but laugh too,

go inside?” he asked, gesturing with his head

knew what Enzo was asking, and I couldn’t resist. A smile spread across my

locked lips and tangled limbs. I was already drunk from a few beers that

eyes caught something in

asked, furrowing his brow. “You want

biting my lower lip. Enzo let out a bit of a disbelieving chuckle as though

sitting up. “I

a grin, he stood and walked over to the rope. I

on my neck and pushing me back down on the bed so that it felt as though he