My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 186

Enzo

Weeks passed by, and my highly anticipated wedding with Selena ticked closer. We decided to hold off a little bit until New Years’ Eve; Selena didn’t specify why, exactly, she wanted to wait, but I didn’t complain. I was just happy to be getting married to the love of my life.

One day, I was sitting in a chair by the big window in my bedroom when Selena came in with a grin on her face.

“Hey, handsome,” she said, coming up to me and sitting on my lap.

I smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Hey,” I said. “What’s up?”

“Well…” She paused for a moment, her eyes studying my face. “I was thinking it might be fun if we went on a little trip together. Just you and me. I thought it might be nice to get away from the mansion for a little bit.”

“Sure,” I replied, my smile widening. “Where do you want to go?”

Selena pursed her lips, thinking for a moment, before she seemed to have an idea. “Have you ever heard of a town known as Mountainview?”

I furrowed my brow. The name was somewhat familiar, but… “No,” I said, shaking my head. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it.”

Selena grinned and jumped up from my lap. “Perfect, then,” she said. “It’ll make it even more fun. But, there’s a catch.”

“What is it?” I asked, cocking my head.

I watched as Selena paced back and forth a little bit. She tapped her chin as she walked, thinking, before she finally stopped and turned back to face me again. “We’ll have to wear disguises,” she said. “I don’t want anyone to know that I’m the Alpha King’s daughter. It might draw too much attention and ruin our fun.”

“Okay…” I leaned back in my chair and intertwined my fingers on my lap curiously. Selena hadn’t expressed concern over being recognized in public as long as I had known her, but maybe this town of ‘Mountainview’ was different in some way.

“Of course, they’ll be magical disguises, so we’ll still look the same as we always do to each other,” she said in a sing-song voice. “But no one else will recognize us. Oh, and let’s use fake names, too. I’ll be… hmm… I’ll call myself ‘Sadie’, and you can go by ‘Eli’. Does that sound good?”

I was still admittedly a bit confused by all of these precautions, but I wasn’t going to argue with my fiancee. If it would make her happy to hide our identities like that, then I would do it for her. I nodded and smiled in agreement, and with that, our plans were set.

…

A few days later, Selena and I were all packed up and ready to go to ‘Mountainview’. We were going to stay for a couple of weeks, which I felt was a long time, but I didn’t complain. The mansion did get stuffy at times, so I was excited to go. Besides: Selena explained to me that this town was known for hockey, which was something I always enjoyed. I hadn’t skated much in years, but I used to skate all of the time as a kid…