My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 156

Nina

With the way that my leg was feeling, my journey across town was slow and painful. I didn’t seem to be healing anymore, since my wolf was too weak for some reason, so each step was agony. But I had to keep going. My friends were still out there somewhere and I needed to find the antidote and help them.

I stuck to narrow alleyways, darting between abandoned cars so as not to be seen. Not only did I have to worry about rogues, but I also had to worry about James now, and there was no knowing where he was right now. For all I knew, he was out here looking for me.

Eventually, I somehow made it to the outskirts of the campus. I cut through the woods, wincing as I limped over fallen trees and struggling to climb in and out of ravines, but by the time the sun started to get high in the sky, I made it.

I could see the hockey arena from here, as well as Tiffany’s pink Jeep. Just thinking about her made me want to vomit. I couldn’t help but wonder what the Crescents did with her body… But I couldn’t think about that right now, because it only brought me immense pain. Tiffany would have wanted me to do everything I could to get the antidote.

Since it was the middle of the afternoon, I didn’t see any rogues around. They must have been resting during the day, as they were stronger in the moonlight. This was a bit of a relief, but it didn’t mean that there weren’t any Crescents wandering around, either in their wolf forms or their human forms. I had to be cautious as I quickly made my way across the athletic field.

I was out in the open now. I pushed myself as fast as I could go, but I could only go so fast with my leg. By the time I made it halfway across the athletic field, beads of sweat were forming on my forehead just from the exertion that it took to keep myself upright.

Finally, however, I made it. I crouched behind Tiffany’s Jeep and peered around it as I looked for any Crescents. I didn’t see any, so I pushed through the pain in my leg and warily made my way into the hockey arena.

The arena was thankfully empty. I let out a sigh of relief and crouched behind the rink barrier as I made my way toward the door that would lead to the infirmary.

But as I got to the doorway, which stood wide open now that a rogue had bashed its way through the door and knocked it off its hinges, leaving the crumpled remains of the door strewn aside, I heard something.

I heard the sound of voices.

My breath caught in my throat. I cupped my hand over my mouth, steadying my breathing, as I slowly peered around the corner and into the door.

Inside the infirmary, there were at least five Crescents. I recognized some of them from Ronan’s team.

They were milling around the infirmary; a few were sitting at the table, digging through bins of medical supplies, while another was sitting on one of the infirmary beds and groaning in pain.

“Ugh…”

“You’re fine, Josh. It’s just a cut.”

“Yeah, but it hurts!”

I took this moment while they were all distracted to quickly scan the infirmary for an antidote, but from where I was crouched, I couldn’t see well enough. Besides, I wouldn’t be able to get in there anyway without being caught; it was too small of a space, and it was full of Crescents.

I would have to get out of here and somehow make it to my next destination: the woods, where Tiffany’s body was dragged off to.

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