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.”

any worries for the rest of my life. All of my needs would be well taken care of, I would never need to

creaking against one

felt like hours, but neither of us cared. As werewolves, the cold didn’t bother us very much. In 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, too. It almost felt as though our wolves were sniffing each other out and urging each other to come out

sense that Selena did just that while she was alive. It was as though our twin bond gave me the ability to sense

occasionally broke through the Luna’s spell. Other than that, the Selena that I knew was just a fabricated image, a facade. A puppet to do the Luna’s bidding.

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 Enzo could eventually get his revenge on Lewis for disrespecting his father, but other than that, we didn’t have any part left to play in this. It was time for a

assuming that I chose to go back to

Every way I turned, I saw the horrors of what had happened that semester; I saw Edward, Tiffany, Justin, Lisa, Ronan. I saw the blood-soaked floors of the hockey arena after the rogues broke in. I saw all of the needless fights that I had with Enzo. I saw Richard’s weak, dying body laying in

stand there and look down at the frozen stream. I shivered slightly beneath the cold touch of