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My Hockey Alpha Chapter 219

My Hockey Alpha Chapter 219: Another Obstacle

Nina

Finally, I agreed to go to the werewolf realm with my friends.

But we needed to prepare first, and we had to hurry. Time was running short; there was no knowing

what Selena had done by now. If her spell on Enzo was already this powerful, then I could only imagine

how much more powerful it could be within this short period of time. Not only that, but if she had the

Alpha King in her grasp as well, things could go south very quickly. I also couldn’t help but wonder if

Richard, Enzo’s father, was being held captive too.

For right now, though, we needed to get Enzo away from her. Once we had Enzo back and we were

able to break through Selena’s spell again, then he could help us save Richard and the Alpha King.

The five of us quickly ran home to gather some supplies. The sky was darkening quickly, and it would

only be a matter of time before it was too dark to even traverse the forest to find the Alpha King’s

mansion. None of us had ever been there before; only Luke knew vaguely where it was. The rest of us

were useless when it came to navigating that place.

While Matt ran back to his dorm to pack a bag, Lori, Jessica and I ran up to our own dorm. The three of

us flew into a frenzy, filling the dorm with the sounds of panicked packing and yelling; no doubt our

neighbors hated us during those moments. I packed lightly, with only a change of clothes, a hunting

knife, and some granola bars in case we took longer than expected. I hoped to get us in and out of

there by the end of the next day at the most, but there was no knowing exactly how long it would take

us. For all we knew, Selena would catch us and we would never make it home.

I came to that realization as I was zipping up my backpack.

If Selena caught us, then I would be putting all of my friends in danger.

I froze, my backpack still in my hand, as the worry washed over me. My palms began to sweat and my

heart started to race, and I slowly looked up at my friends, who were currently arguing over whether to

bring weapons or not.

“Nina, settle this for us,” Jessica said, turning to face me. “I think we should bring this.” She held up a

big, heavy bat flashlight that we had purchased during our first year living in the dorms. We kept it in

the hallway, as if someone would come into our dorm in the middle of the night and kill us. At the time,

when Jessica first bought it I thought that it was a silly idea, but now I knew that it was a smart

decision. “Lori thinks we should bring a kitchen knife.”

As I looked back and forth between the two of them, however, the decision only set my anxiety in

stone. I didn’t want my friends to have to defend themselves like that. Maybe I shouldn’t have let them

come after all.

“Are you okay?” Lori asked, noticing the way that my hands were shaking. “What’s wrong?”

I swallowed and straightened, slinging my backpack onto my back. “I… I don’t want you to have to

bring either,” I replied, my voice trembling. “I feel like I’m putting you all in danger. Maybe I should just

go alone.”

Lori’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t you dare say that, Nina Harper,” she growled. “We’re your friends. And

we’re coming with you, whether you like it or not.”

“Besides,” Jessica chimed in, “By saving Enzo, his father, and the Alpha King, it’ll help us stop the

Crescents. Right now, that’s extremely important. And you’re gonna need all the help you can get if you

want to succeed.”

Lori and Jessica were right; I wouldn’t be able to save even Enzo on my own, let alone Richard and the

Alpha King. There was strength in numbers, and I needed as much strength as possible against

Selena.

I nodded. Even though there was a lump in my throat and a pit of dread growing in my stomach, I knew

that I had to let my friends come with me.

“Bring the flashlight,” I said.

…

Once we were finished packing, which only took ten minutes at the most, we met up with Luke and

Matt in the quad.

“Come on,” Matt said impatiently, looking up at the building that contained the dean’s office. “Curfew is

about to start. We don’t need anyone forcing us to go inside.”

For the past few weeks, aside from the night of the dance, there had been a strict curfew on both the

campus and the town. The dean originally had the Fullmoons enforcing it, but when the Fullmoons left

she had employed some students to basically act as glorified hall monitors. It didn’t really work, and

people still went out after dark, but the dean was sure to stop us if she found out what we were doing.

She had too much faith in the Fullmoons, and she was too proud to let her own students potentially put

themselves in danger because the Fullmoons weren’t being helpful.

The five of us took off once more toward the woods, and by the time we reached the edge of the

treeline, the curfew alarm went off. Thankfully we were out of sight now.

Luke led us back to the clearing where Enzo and Selena left. He explained as we walked that portals

could sometimes leave residue, which could make it easier to open another portal. And, if we used the

residue from the previous portal to open a new one, there was a likely chance that we would come out

at the same spot where Enzo and Selena had come out, which would mean that we would be that

much closer to the two of them.

Finally, we stopped in the center of the clearing. The full moon was rising slowly above us, and the sky

was darkening quickly.

Luke stepped out of the group and took a deep breath. The rest of us watched, wringing xo.com

fast updateour hands nervously, as he began to make the circular motion with his index and middle

fingers…

I waited with bated breath, praying that the portal would open. If Selena had just opened one, then

surely Luke could open one, too. Surely she had left in such a hurry that she wouldn’t have thought to

put any sort of hex on us.

But we waited, and nothing happened. No matter how many times Luke moved his hand around in that

circular motion, whispering under his breath, nothing happened.

“Shit,” he said quietly, dropping his arms to his side. “She’s too smart.”

My eyes widened and I stormed up to Luke. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Why isn’t it working?”

Luke shook his head and shrugged at the same time. “I’m not sure exactly. She must have known I was

coming. God dammit.”

I stared at Luke with wide, disbelieving eyes. “Try again,” I ordered him as I felt anger beginning to

bubble up inside of me. But Luke only shook his head once more.

“It’s not gonna work,” he said. “Maybe we can try again tomorrow. The hex is bound to wear off soon

enough.”

All I could do was gulp nervously while my friends stared at me with shocked, apologetic faces. We

couldn’t wait until tomorrow… Enzo needed us now. Something in me somehow knew that if I didn’t get

to him by tonight, Selena’s magic would grow too powerful and we’d lose Enzo, Richard, and the Alpha

King.

I felt utterly lost and hopeless.

Once again, Selena had placed an obstacle right in our way