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.

I said, walking over to meet the recruits. “On the count of three, I want the first person in line to sprint to the end and weave between the cones, turn around, and come back. Tap the next person on the shoulder when you get back and then that person can go immediately. Okay? Three… Two…

whipped around at the end, she slipped in the wet grass and fell with a yelp. Pausing the stopwatch, I ran over

to some, but not to all of them. I decided then and there that I

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 wolf aren’t really the same consciousness; you have to work together. Everyone, I want you to close your eyes and

eyes one by one. I watched as they seemingly struggled for

she exclaimed. “My wolf’s

to open their eyes and smile. Even just as they stood there,

hands together. “Line up at the first cone, and try again. And this time, ask your wolf to give you strength and speed, and trust your wolf to

from before started off, and on my 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 the next

and had them do calisthenics. I had them use the same method as before, which allowed them to power through their

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

as the recruits sprinted around the cones. “Remember to let your wolf give you power, and

I felt a presence behind me; I turned to look over 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