My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 286: The Luna’s Ultimatum Nina

As I came to a painful stop at the bottom of the steps, the battle around me continued to rage on. Luke fell beside me, motionless after his tumble down the stairs. I slowly pushed myself up to my hands and knees and looked up to see that the Luna was walking toward me.

And behind her, Lori and Jessica were suspended in the air by magic.

“Let them go!” I growled.

The Luna just laughed. “You and your little friends are putting up quite the fight,” she said, her voice low and almost sultry sounding. “It’s such a shame that I can end all of their lives with a single snap.” She raised her hand and twisted her wrist. The battlefield fell silent. I looked up frantically to see that all of my friends and recruits, and even the rogues, were frozen in time. Behind me, Enzo stood frozen as well. He was still in his wolf form, and was stalking toward the Luna with his teeth bared. Now, the only things moving were his eyes.

“What have you done?” I asked, scrambling to my feet. “Why are you doing this?”

“Don’t you know already?” the Luna said, walking further down the steps to come face to face with me. “Do I really need to explain it again?”

I shook my head, trying to stay strong beneath the piercing gaze of her red eyes. “You won’t get away with this,” I whispered. “Let my friends go, or I’ll kill you.” I pulled the knife out of my boot that I had been hiding and brandished it, pointing it at the Luna’s face. But she just laughed again and swatted it away with an unexpected amount of force, causing it to clatter to the ground. My hand and wrist rang out in searing pain where she had hit me.

“We can make this easy, you know,” she whispered. “I have a proposition for you. A proposition to end this all… to save your friends.”

tightly that my skin burned beneath her touch. I cried out in pain and felt my knees buckle beneath me, but she held me so firmly that I couldn’t even

you join forces with me, I promise I won’t hurt your friends. The town of Mountainview will be treated like royalty, if that’s what you want.

sense what sounded like a hint of desperation in the Luna’s voice. She seemed desperate for my help… Or maybe she was afraid of what I might do to her if I

“No,” I snarled.

and snapped, causing Lori and Jessica to squirm and writhe in pain. Neither of them could speak, as some sort of

my teeth through the pain of the Luna gripping my wrist even

the human race and your friends will live, or don’t help me and they’ll all

my wrist. “I’d rather die than let you take over the world,” I snarled. “Someone will

Luna scoffed.

up around it, still burning. Beads of blood started to fleck on the surface, but I didn’t care. All I saw was the

my eyes, Enzo trembled and groaned with pain. He tried to stand, his eyes still fixed unwaveringly on me, but soon the invisible pain forced him to the ground. Beside

couldn’t bear it any longer. If I

shouted.

turned back to face me. There was a sick, twisted smile on her face as the screaming around us continued. “You changed your mind, then?” she said, looking down on me from where she stood on the steps. Her all-white, calm appearance stood in stark contrast against the pain