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.

I replied. “She doesn’t have

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

and shook my head. “Selena, what makes you think that I would trust you enough to turn you before you

gave me the same look that she gave me earlier that morning before

that, we began the Claiming

…

However, I knew that Enzo wasn’t keen on partying at a time like this, and I found him sitting on

a beer as I walked up to him. “Try

me with his brown eyes without a word, but

But look—” I gestured over to the party, where people were having fun. Matt was standing off to the side with a few new recruits and he was teaching them how to shift, which was

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

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

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

and causing him to laugh while I felt my

gesturing with

what Enzo was asking, and I couldn’t resist. A smile spread across my face as I nodded in agreement. Enzo stood,

as the door shut behind us, our 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

werewolf eyes caught something in the darkness. I stopped Enzo and

his

my lower lip. Enzo let out a bit

replied, sitting up. “I

a mixture of surprise and arousal. With a grin, he stood and walked over to the rope. I watched as he picked it up and inspected

bed so that it felt as though