My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 283: An Unlikely Ally

Nina

Enzo and I returned home after visiting his father’s house. As we drove home, the cold night wind blew in my face on the back of Enzo’s motorcycle and the yellow crescent moon shone above us.

Seeing Enzo’s father’s house ransacked like that filled me with an odd combination of sadness and hope. It broke my heart that Richard’s Beta disrespected him like that, but at the same time it made me only want to try harder to bring all of this to an end.

A little while later, we were pulling into the parking lot of the campus. Enzo parked the motorcycle and helped me off, and we were walking back to his dorm hand-in-hand when we suddenly heard the sound of shouting.

“Enzo! Nina!” Luke’s voice rang out across the quad, followed by the sound of feet slamming on pavement as he ran toward us. Enzo and I both whipped around to see Luke running at us, his eyes wide and full of fear.

“What is it?” I asked, immediately feeling my heart rise up into my throat just from seeing the look on his face.

“It’s Lori and Jessica,” he said quickly. “They’re gone. Some Crescents came… They took them through a portal!”

I felt my entire body freeze. It felt as though my heart stopped and time froze during that moment, and every muscle in my body tensed as fight or flight kicked in. The world spun around me, and for a moment I thought for sure that I would vomit.

“…took them,” Luke finished. I had been completely absorbed in my own head for the majority of his sentence, and only caught the tail end. Beside me, Enzo was frantic.

he asked, his hand gripping

when I got there, I saw two Crescents manhandling them. One of them opened a portal, and then they all disappeared before I could get there. I tried to go after them, but it was too late by the time I opened my own portal. I

and take them, and was no doubt trying to use them as a means to lure us there. I wasn’t sure how two Crescents made it

to go after them.” My voice was shaky and thick

ran like hell to the infirmary to prepare. Once we were there, we frantically filled backpacks with the antidote and various medical supplies because we knew what was potentially coming next:

kill them, do you?”

tried to focus on preparing for the upcoming battle. I just hoped more than anything that the Luna wouldn’t pull a nasty trick and kill

behind the hockey arena. Both hockey teams were with him

somehow managed to calmly address the large group. “Anyone who wants to come, step forward now. If you want to stay here, that’s fine; but you’ll be protecting the town in the event of a Crescent

themselves for a few moments as they tried to decide who would go and who would stay. Eventually, half of the group stepped forward. Those people included quite a few recruits, some of Jason’s team, Matt, and some of our hockey team. Jason and the others stayed behind with the intention of protecting the campus, which I was

come,” I whispered

shook his head. “I’m your bodyguard. I’ll be with you until the

smile a bit. Enzo then gave his orders to everyone else, who then left with Jason to patrol the town. Meanwhile, the rest of us gathered and Luke began to open a

of a shrill female voice floating across the athletic field. I looked up to see none other than Selena

“I’m coming with

eyes narrowed and he stepped protectively in front of me as Selena ran up to us. She came to a stop, breathing heavily with a