My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 221

Enzo

Even though my wolf woke up finally, I still didn’t have the strength to shift just yet. Thankfully, however, I was able to run fast, and my night vision was better than it was just minutes before. As I ran through the forest, I didn’t know exactly where I was going; all I knew was that I needed to get away before Selena and the witch did something horrible.

I still couldn’t fathom exactly what was going on. I knew that Selena put some sort of spell on me, but I didn’t know what it was or why she did it. Whatever it was, her intentions were extremely dark and sinister. I knew that much.

However, I didn’t have the time to stop and think about any of what was going on. Selena and the witch were both hot on my heels. They ran at inhuman speeds through the woods; even the witch, who looked old and crippled, ran like a bolt of lightning. Every time I glanced over my shoulders, I could see them getting closer and closer. All I could do was urge my legs to push me faster through the forest and hope that they wouldn’t catch me, because I knew that they would kill me if they did.

“Come back here, Enzo!” I heard Selena shout behind me. “I promise I won’t hurt you too badly! It’ll just be a little cut, and then it will all be over!”

I cursed under my breath at Selena’s words, and pushed myself faster. I leaped over rocks and tree roots, dodged around trees and bushes, and crashed through the underbrush. I didn’t care that thorns and branches were scratching up my skin and causing me to bleed. The only thing that was important was getting Selena and the witch off of my trail. They had to give up soon, once they realized that I wouldn’t stop… Right?

But they didn’t stop.

At one point, I heard Selena’s footsteps approaching too close for comfort, and I swore that I even felt her hand brush the back of my neck. I dodged out of the way at the last second before she could catch me, my heart racing a mile a minute.

She was too close. I needed to shift if I was going to get away from her.

“Fio, I need to shift,” I said to my wolf as I ran at breakneck speeds through the dark woods. “Please. I know you’re tired, but I need you.”

“I’m trying my best,” Fio replied. “But something is missing. I can feel it… But I don’t know what it is.”

I furrowed my brow, processing what Fio was referring to as I leaped over a fallen tree. My foot hit the tree and I nearly lost my balance, but I managed to stay upright and keep running. What was Fio talking about? What was missing?

Somehow, I could sense that the missing link was there. It was just out of reach. If I could only force my way through the thick fog that was surrounding my brain, maybe I could reach it and figure out what it was.

But the fog was still too thick. I would need to focus harder, but it was difficult when I was also focused on running away from Selena.

As I weaved around another tree, I tried to picture what it was that I was missing. It was a person… If I really pushed myself, I thought I could picture a face. A woman’s face.

At first, I thought it was Selena’s face. But as I ran, stretching my mind all the while in order to focus harder on the face, I realized that it wasn’t her at all. It was different. It was the girl from the woods earlier; the one who tackled Selena.