My Hockey Alpha



Chapter 0790

"You can tell me," I finally choked out. "I just want to know if he..."

"He was alive, last I saw him," he cut me off, giving my hand a firm squeeze. "But... there was so much happening, Nina."

Despite the hope in his words, I could see the true emotion in his eyes: uncertainty. Hot tears began to prick at the backs of my eyes, and I quickly looked down at our entwined hands to bolster myself.

"Tell me everything you remember," I whispered.

By the time Enzo was finished telling me the story of how he survived the fires, what happened to Mila and my father, and how he got here, I felt as if a part of me had been hollowed out from the inside.

"So he... he really went after her?" I asked. "Just like that?"

Enzo nodded. "I'm sorry, Nina; all I know is that they went westward. What happened after that, I..."

His voice trailed off, but I knew the implications. He may not have survived. In fact, the chances were incredibly slim. "We have to find him," I said suddenly. "We can't just "

"No." Enzo's voice was firm, his grip on my hand even firmer. "No, Nina. We can't go after them."

I frowned, feeling defeated. "Why not?" I asked. "He's my father. He's the bloody Alpha King. We have to find him."

"And we will. But not right now. Not on our own. And not..." His eyes flickered down to my pregnant belly, which had been growing more and more by the day lately and was now a pleasantly pronounced little bump beneath my shirt. "... Not with you in this condition."

I grit my teeth, the more stubborn side of me the side I had inherited from my father, the same crazy bastard who went chasing after a dragon-wanting to refuse. But I knew that Enzo was right. I couldn't go running into the fray.

"Listen," Enzo said, reaching up to tuck a strand behind my ear. "I know you, Nina. I know you want to be the heroine, that you want to do whatever you can to ensure the most valiant outcome. But there are other ways to achieve that."

Tears blurred my vision. I quickly blinked them away, staring down at my lap.

"I'm sorry, Nina," he said softly. "I don't mean to hurt your feelings "

"No. It's okay." I quickly wiped the wetness from my cheeks, then placed my hand over my belly. "Sometimes, I forget that I can still do my part without jumping right into the fray. And that... that chasing down a Dragon Queen and an Alpha King isn't the only way to protect the people I care about."noveldrama

There was a long pause as I sat there, staring down at my belly. Selena's words whirled through my mind, just as they had been ever since that strange dream. And there, in the corner of the tent, my bag seemed to be looking at me-containing the journal inside.

"I have to tell you something," I said. "Something that pertains to keeping those we love... Safe."

Enzo cocked his head, listening intently as I slowly recounted everything the dreams, the journal, the moonstone, the warnings from my dead twin sister. I told him everything, even if it hurt, even if it scared both of

us.

Because this wasn't just about us anymore. It was about our baby, too.

When I was finished, Enzo just stared at me incredulously. A million different emotions seemned to flicker through his brown eyes worry, anger, hurt, betrayal-but he didn't say a single word for a long time. And for a long time, I thought he might refuse, that he might denounce this ritual and tell me that it was insane, or that it was all in my head, or that it was too dangerous.

But he didn't say any of those things.

Instead, he took my hand and pressed my fingers to his lips.

"If you want to do this ritual," he whispered softly, his eyes meeting mine, "then I'll support you."