My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 292: The Moon’s Clarity

Nina

“Let’s go for a walk,” I said to Enzo. I nodded my head toward the forest, past where the groundskeeper was filling in my twin sister’s grave with moist dirt. Over our heads, the wind was howling fiercely and the sky was darkening at a rapid rate while a freezing, sharp rain was beginning to fall.

Enzo looked a little surprised at my request to walk in this weather, but he didn’t protest. “Lead the way,” he said. I took his hand and led him past the groundskeeper, into the thicker part of the woods where the wind and the rain were less prominent. It felt a little silly to be walking through the woods in that weather while wearing a simple black dress, which had actually belonged to Selena, but I felt too compelled to walk and I didn’t want to go back to the mansion.

“Where do you want to go?” Enzo asked curiously.

I shrugged. “Nowhere in particular. I just want to think clearly.”

would never need to worry about money again, and I could

and the trees creaking against one another. The frost that lay on the hard ground crunched lightly beneath our feet, and altogether these sounds created an oddly

fact, the cold made me feel invigorated and free, and filled me with an overwhelming urge to shift. Beside me, I could somehow sense that Enzo wanted to shift,

the warmer weather were now frozen in time, like little white drips of wax sitting on the side of a candle. I imagined that this would be a nice spot to sit and read during the nice weather; and somehow, as I stood there and looked around, I suddenly got the sense that Selena did just that while she was alive. It was as though our twin bond gave me the ability to sense her energy here. I closed my eyes for a moment and imagined her laying on a blanket in the forest with books surrounding her. Not much was known about Selena and

the Selena that I knew was just

my skin; not in a sexual way, but a comforting and loving way. He had hardly spoken all day, but his touch gave away all of his emotions. I could tell that he was more deeply sad about Selena’s untimely death than he let on, but that he was also deeply relieved that everything was over — for the most part. For us, it was over. My father would handle the Crescents. Perhaps

chose to

needless fights that I had with Enzo. I saw Richard’s weak, dying body laying in Enzo’s arms in the forest. In a way, moving to the werewolf realm was a way to have a fresh start.

finger along my waist again as we continued to stand there and look down at the frozen stream. I shivered