My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 255

Nina

Enzo and I both looked at each other, our eyes wide and our mouths open.

“How long until they get here?” Enzo asked, quickly stepping out of the rink and going over to the bench to remove his skates. I followed, although when I tried to untie my skates, my hands were shaking so much that I could hardly manage it. Enzo, noticing this, got down on his knees and untied them for me.

“A few hours, probably,” Luke replied. “I don’t know if they’re coming straight here, or what their plan is. They might try to ambush us in the middle of the night. They don’t know that we know they’re coming. If it wasn’t for my spies that I have scattered around various towns, I would have no idea.”

I didn’t bother to ask when or how Luke hired spies, but I didn’t care about the logistics. Thanks to his preparedness, we now had a jump start on the upcoming attack.

“Is it just one pack?” I asked. “How big?”

“It was about twenty rogues, with one leader,” Luke replied.

Enzo and I looked at each other again. That was a big pack for rogues, and the last time we saw a pack that big was when we hid on the side of the road in the werewolf realm. I swallowed, noticing the enormous lump that grew in my throat, and looked back at Luke.

“What did the leader look like?”

Luke furrowed his brow, thinking. “I don’t know if there was a leader… But there was one that was bigger than the rest, and tougher looking. My spy mentioned that it seemed smarter than the others, but it wasn’t a regular werewolf. It was definitely a rogue.”

I stood suddenly, feeling adrenaline rush through me. Enzo stood too; we had come to the same conclusion. This had to be the same pack of rogues that were looking for us in the werewolf realm. I had never seen or heard of a rogue who fit that description, except for the rogue we saw the day earlier. Surely it had to be some sort of special rogue… A mercenary, maybe, hired by the Luna?

“What should we do?” Luke asked. “Should we fight? More could come. I don’t know. I won’t know until my spies tell me anything.”

Enzo shook his head, instantly taking on the role of the intelligent Alpha. It was a role that suited him perfectly, as I was quickly realizing lately.

“Tell the hockey team to prepare,” he said. “Gather anyone from town and from the campus who wants to help, and send everyone who can’t or doesn’t want to fight down into the tunnels.” He then turned toward me, and gave me a stern look. “Take Lori and Jessica, and leave. Matt will let you take his car.”

My eyes widened. I opened my mouth to protest, but before I could, Enzo turned back to look at Luke again and his face darkened. “And get that damn princess in the tunnels, too. Lock her in a cell. I don’t trust her, and I never should have given her a chance.”

Luke nodded and ran off. Enzo started to storm off as well, but I grabbed his arm and pulled him back, my eyes still wide. “You don’t seriously think that I’m just going to run away, do you?” I asked. “I can’t do that. I need to be here.”