My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 215

Enzo looked confused, and kept blinking rapidly as though he was trying to wrap his head around it. “What are you talking about?” he asked. “What did I do?”

Selena scoffed. I decided to take this opportunity while they were talking to move forward a little and slowly close in on them; I wasn’t sure if Enzo saw me while I quickly darted forward to the next tree closer to the clearing, but he didn’t say anything.

“Selena,” he said, sounding somewhat panicked now after a long silence, “what’s going on? Who’s Nina?”

My eyes widened. So he did remember me, at least a little bit; at the very least, he remembered my name and that I existed. He didn’t sound trusting of Selena, either. I wondered as I watched the puzzled look on his face from afar and the way that his eyes kept quickly shifting over to where I stood if he did see me, and if it was helping him to keep control of his own mind.

“Don’t you dare say her name!” Selena snarled. “If you don’t stop thinking about her, I’ll… I’ll kill her!”

Enzo’s eyes went wide with what looked like confusion. My own eyes went wide with fear. I didn’t know if I truly believed that Selena had the capacity within her to kill anyone, but she had proven time and time again that she would go to any lengths to keep me out of the picture.

Selena sounded like she was crying, which caused Enzo to stare at her intensely. I decided to move forward again, and now I was right on the edge of the clearing. In just a few seconds, if I ran fast enough, I thought that I could tackle her.

Suddenly, as I moved, Enzo’s eyes snapped up again and widened a little more. I knew he saw me now. I froze, expecting him to tell Selena I was here, but he didn’t; in fact, he seemed to flash with recognition as he saw me, and his face became serious.

Not only that, but my friends weren’t here yet. I quickly slipped out my phone and let out a tiny sigh of relief to see that they were on their way, but I still needed to buy some time.

“What the…” Selena murmured, shaking out her hand and trying again. And yet, once again, nothing happened. Selena’s face turned a vibrant shade of angry red. She cursed under her breath and tried once more, but for a third time, the portal wouldn’t open.

As I watched her try and try again, I still wasn’t sure what to do. Enzo seemed completely dazed by her at this point, and I was worried that he would attack me at her orders if I ran out and confronted her. I also had no way of knowing what sort of magic or other abilities she would use on me; for all I knew, she could even shift and kill me in her wolf form, or maybe she had a weapon.

But when I saw the sparks of a portal finally begin to flicker on the tips of her fingers as the hex began to wear off, I knew that I needed to stop her.