My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 0653

Nina

The room felt tense as Enzo left to talk to Matt, leaving only Lori, Jessica, Luke, and me behind.

"Geez," Luke said once we were alone. "Everything alright?"

I sighed, shrugging. Whatever was between Matt and Enzo was between them, and I wouldn't pry. Whatever it was, though, I knew that they would work it out. But as we sat there, I realized that I needed to tell my friends about my dad's spy. If the spy was watching them, too, then they deserved to know.

"Listen, guys," I began, my voice low and serious, "there's something else I need to tell you."

Lori and Jessica exchanged curious glances, while Luke furrowed his brow in concern." What's going on, Nina?" Lori asked softly.

I took a deep breath and looked around the room before continuing. "My dad.. he admitted to something tonight," I said. "He told me that he's had a spy watching me. I'm not sure who it is, but I thought you guys deserve to know."

Luke's eyes narrowed as he processed my words. "Why is he spying on you?" he asked.

Luke's question made me rethink my conversation-no, argument-with my father earlier. His words still kept whirling around my mind, and they still stung. "He said I can't be trusted," said. "That I might put myself in danger. And... maybe he's right. But it still sucks."

"I'm sure you feel betrayed," Jessica said quietly.

I nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I do. I wish he had just talked to me sooner instead of sending a spy after me, and now it's got me questioning every interaction I've had, every strange moment that I've encountered recently."

There were a few moments of silence between us as we all processed this information. I felt awful for dragging my friends into this. All I could hope now was that we could find this spy and send them back to my father. I had to make him see that I was not going to roll over and let him invade my privacy like this.

"You know," Luke suddenly said, "we've been seeing this yellow-eyed wolf recently all over Mountainview. It's an elusive little bugger, though. We haven't been able to catch it, or even get close."

As Luke spoke, my heart began to race. A yellow-eyed wolf... That sounded familiar. As began to piece it together, my eyes widened with recognition.

"I saw a yellow-eyed wolf one night," I said, my voice trembling. "It was in the middle of the road when I was driving home from the hospital, right after Jessica's accident. I thought it was Edward, but... maybe it wasn't."

"Maybe," Luke said, hopping down from where he had been perched on the desk. "We'll keep an eye out for it. Maybe we can catch it and find out where it came from."

Subtlenly, Jessica gasped, causing all of us to whirl around in surprise. Her eyes were wide,

her hand clamped over her mouth.

"What?" Lori said. "What is it, Jess?"

"I... I forgot about that until you just mentioned it," Jessica said shakily. "It was foggy whenever I tried to remember, but now it's like I can picture it. The day of my car crash, a dog ran out into the road, and I swerved. It was a wolf-a wolf with yellow eyes."

Silence settled over the room as we absorbed this revelation. Lori spoke up, her voice filled with concern. "What could this mean?" she asked.

Luke and I exchanged glances, both of us unsure of the implications. It seemed odd for a potential spy that my father had sent to do something like cause a car crash, but maybe it was an accident.

But maybe it was more than that. Maybe we were all wrong.

"I'm not entirely sure, I admitted. "But we need to keep this in mind and be vigilant."