My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 270: Filling In

Nina

I watched Enzo storm off in the direction of the hockey arena. He was clearly angry, and if I was being honest, I was angry as well because of the nasty things he had said. I didn’t think that he fully meant what he said, but it still hurt nonetheless and I had to blink back a few more tears.

“Enzo!” I called. “Enzo!” But he didn’t turn around. With a sigh, I turned back to face the recruits, who were now standing around me with confused expressions on their faces. I had no idea how to train them, and I felt like I was left with a job that I wasn’t qualified for.

“Um… Should we go home?” one guy asked, scratching his head confusedly.

I sighed again and glanced at the time on my phone; there was still supposed to be another half hour of practice, and we really didn’t have enough time to be ending training sessions early because of arguments. Enzo was telling the truth when he said that the Crescents — or the Luna’s special rogues, or whoever we were really fighting against at this point — could show up at any time, and we needed to prepare.

“Um…” I felt myself getting nervous already just from the fifty recruits staring silently at me. “Let’s just finish up with training for the day,” I said. “How about… Everyone, line up over there, by that cone, and I’m gonna have you take turns running to the end.”

The recruits all groaned, almost in unison, but lined up at the cone I was pointing at nonetheless. I scooped up Enzo’s discarded stopwatch off of the damp grass and clicked it on.

weave between the cones, turn around, and come back. Tap the next person on the shoulder when you get back

through the cones. But her legs were tired and shaky, and she kept slipping on the grass. When she whipped

girl nodded tearfully. I bit my lip, thinking, as I realized what the issue was; these students didn’t know how to channel their wolf’s energy. I could tell that it came naturally to some, but not to all of them. I decided then and there that I needed to help them learn how to channel their wolf’s energy if they wanted to perform well, so I waved them all over and began to give

you’re running, you sort of need to let go of your own inhibitions and put your trust in your wolf,” I said, pacing back and forth in front of the students as I struggled to put into words how it was done. “If you don’t trust your wolf, then it won’t work. You and your

watched as they

she exclaimed. “My

smile. Even just as they stood there, they appeared

first cone, and try again. And this time, ask your wolf to give

count, she took off running at the speed of light through the cones. She wove deftly back and forth, and when she came to the end she spun around almost in a pirouette, then wove her way back to touch the next recruit on the shoulder. The recruits cheered as

had them use the same method as before, which allowed them to power through their exercises with ease; some of

went on for more than half an hour, but no one was eager to leave as they were having too much fun training. By the end, they had returned to the cones and were running

shouted as the recruits sprinted around the cones. “Remember to let your wolf give you power, and you’ll be able to do more than you thought

my shoulder and saw Enzo standing there. My smile faded a bit as I half expected him to return to his previous methods of training, but much to my surprise he said nothing. In fact, he just stood a few feet away, watching me calmly with his hands in his