My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 170

Nina

Enzo and I pulled away from each other, looking into one another’s wide eyes with disbelief. Somehow, our plan had worked; all of the rogues had been turned back into our classmates! I couldn’t help but let out an incredulous laugh and throw my arms around Enzo’s neck, grinning as he picked me up off my feet and spun me around. When he sat me back down, I saw that he was grinning and laughing, too.

“Hello?” a frightened voice called out from the supply closet, followed by a knocking sound on the door and the lab table scraping on the floor slightly as the students tried pushing the door open. “Is anyone there?”

Enzo and I quickly ran over to the door, moving the table out of the way. Almost as soon as we did, the door swung open and out poured a steady stream of confused, groggy-looking students who clearly had no recollection of anything that happened. As they filed out of the supply closet and filled the infirmary, they all looked around with the same baffled expression on their faces while Enzo and I could only stand by in a state of utter shock that our plan had somehow worked.

As the students slowly began to realize that not only the infirmary, but the entire campus was completely destroyed, the realization seemed to come to them.

“What happened?” one girl said.

Another boy who looked like a freshman rubbed his head and frowned, furrowing his brow. “I remember… There was an attack…”

“We’ll explain everything,” I said as I ushered more frightened students out of the tunnels. “Everyone, just stay calm. Sit down if you need to.”

Finally, as I frantically searched the growing crowd for familiar faces, I spotted both Justin and dean Cynthia at the back of the group. Justin looked completely confused, but Cynthia seemed to have her wits about her. They both rushed forward as they saw me.

“What happened?” Cynthia asked, looking around in shock as she quickly pulled me to the side, keeping her voice low so the students wouldn’t overhear and become even more panicked.

“Tiffany’s antidote,” I said, unable to contain my grin. “It worked.”

Cynthia’s eyes widened and she began to look around. “That’s amazing. Where is she?”

It was then that my face fell, as did Enzo’s. The dean looked back and forth between the two of us, her eyes slowly widening as she started to read our sad faces and understand what happened.

“No,” she said, shaking her head vehemently as tears began to form in her eyes. “She’s dead?”

I slowly nodded. Without a word, Cynthia stifled a sob. I quickly pulled her in for a tight hug, ignoring the confused looks that nearby students were giving us as they wondered why their dean was beginning to break down.

When she finally pulled away, she wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. I could tell that she was trying to put on a brave face despite the fact that one of her closest friends and comrades from college was gone. “Where is her body?” she asked quietly.

I shook my head, blinking away the tears in my own eyes. My throat became too choked to speak, and I couldn’t get a word out. The dean, seeing this, looked up at Enzo. His face was grim.

“We’ll find it,” he whispered. “I promise.”

She nodded, wiping away more tears. “Alright…” She cleared her throat then and stepped around me to address the frightened students. “Everyone, please go to the hockey arena and wait there until we tell you that it’s safe to go home. It could be a long time that you’ll be in there, but I promise we’ll send food and water as soon as possible.”