My Hockey Alpha
Chapter 203: Safety Net

Nina

Matt, Lori, Jessica and I all planned out how we were going to separate “Eli” and “Sadie” so we could try to break the spell on Enzo. We had to be tactful about it, because if this really was Enzo and Selena, then Selena could easily leave with Enzo again and we would have no way of finding them. Finally, after a long time spent brainstorming and failing at how to go about this, Matt finally spoke up with one last idea.

"Hey!" he said, suddenly sitting up straight in his chair as though a string was attached to the top of his head. “I just remembered that there's supposed to be a party at one of the frat houses tomorrow night. I'm sure the new students — sorry, Enzo and Selena — will be there. If we can somehow manage to separate them at the party, then maybe Nina could have her chance to talk to Enzo privately and try to make him remember.”

Matt's idea made me smile a bit. “A party could be a good distraction,” I said. “People will be drinking, and there will be a lot going on. It could be easy to separate them in the chaos.”

Of course, there would still be the matter of how to go about it; but there was no real way to plan things out beforehand, as we had no way of knowing exactly how the party would go. All we knew for now was that we would stick together until Matt, Lori and Jessica managed to separate Enzo and Selena, and then I would take Enzo somewhere private and try to talk to him.

Jessica simply squeezed my leg. “Don't forget about the antidote,” she whispered. “I guess, as the New Peacekeepers, we will be handling this ourselves.”

Jessica was right. At the very least, the antidote was finished; we just needed to test it and get it ready before another rogue outbreak began. Not only that, but we needed to get the Alpha King's help as well.

When the assembly ended, my friends and I began walking back to our dorm. I didn't see Enzo or Selena anywhere at the assembly or on the way home, which was a bit concerning and made me wonder if they had decided to return to the werewolf realm after all.

My anxiety kept me glued to my window for the remainder of the evening. I kept my eyes glued to the parking lot in fear of them truly being gone... But finally, long after the sun had gone down, I heard the distant rumbling of a motorcycle through my open window. I bolted up from my desk and ran over to look out, a sense of relief washing over me as I saw the two of them pulling into a spot. Selena hopped off of the motorcycle and pulled her helmet off. Enzo got off behind her and followed her to his dorm.

Even though he looked nothing like himself, I knew that Enzo was in there. I could see it in the way he walked, the way that he fluidly kicked out his kickstand on his bike and tucked his helmet under his arm. Enzo was here; I was sure of it. I just had to coax him out.

Selena, thankfully, didn't see me as I continued to stare through the window, unable to tear my eyes away from Enzo. I didn’t want to look away for even one second, because the longer I looked at him, the more I could see his true appearance... And part of me wanted to burn his image into my mind out of the fear of the two of them leaving in the morning. If I never saw him again in the flesh, then I wanted to at least be able to see him when I closed my eyes; that was all I could hope for at this point.

I watched, blinking back tears, as the two of them walked up to Enzo’s dorm building. Selena swung the door open and strutted in; Enzo went to follow her, but just before he disappeared inside, he stopped in the doorway with his hand on the door and froze.

I felt my heart catch in my throat as he slowly looked over his shoulder... And his eyes locked with mine.

Even from this distance, I knew that he saw me. And his gaze was so, so sad.

Enzo was in there somewhere, begging to be let out. I just needed to free him.

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