My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0652 Enzo When I saw Matt walk out of the room without a word, I knew what was up with him; it was the party earlier.

He was still upset, likely a multitude of things, one of which being the moment when I had introduced him as my friend rather than my Beta. It had been a moment of weakness, a moment of shame. I hadn't admitted it to the time, not even to myself, but that conversation with Aldric had opened my eyes.

And I needed to set the record straight with my friend. I needed to let him know what had been on my mind, rather than trying to hide it. He was my closest friend, after all; I never should have left him in the dark to begin with.

After stof searching, I finally spotted Mall. He had wandered out of the tunnels and was now sitting on a log, alone, a little ways from the hatch.

His posture was tense, and I could tell he was upset even though he was facing away from me. I hesitated for a moment, wondering for a second if he would even want to speak to me, then approached him cautiously, my footsteps causing twigs to crackle in the quiet night air. He didn't turn around, although I knew he heardcoming.

"Mind if I sit with you?" I asked softly, stuffing my hands into my pockets.

Matt glanced up, his expression still troubled, but he nodded and shifted on the log to make room for me. I settled down beside him, and we both sat in silence for a while, the forest around us eerily silent. I didn't mind the silence, though; it was a welcreprieve after all of the chaos of the night.

Finally, though, I couldn't take the silence any longer. I knew I had to address what had happened earlier back at the party, the way I had introduced him as if I were ashamed of our pack. I knew that that was what he was upset about. I was upset about it, too.

"I know you're upset about what happened at the party," I began, my voice barely more than a whisper.

Matt scoffed and ran a hand through his hair. "Upset? Enzo, that would be putting it lightly." I sighed, feeling the weight of my own shsettling on my shoulders. I couldn't blhim for being upset, hell, I was upset with myself, upset over what I had done. It wasn't something that an Alpha would do. It wasn't something that a friend would do.

"It's true, you know," I admitted, my gaze fixed on a point on the ground where a tiny patch of flowers had begun to pop up from between two rocks. "I was ashamed, although I tried to hide it at the time. Ashamed of our pack, ashamed of my life, ashamed of myself, and terrified of what my father would think if he were still alive." I could sense Matt's eyes on me, and I continued, feeling an oddly irresistible need to get it all out in the open. "In the werewolf realm, I got a taste of what it means to be a true Alpha, and it madequestion if I'm good enough here," I said. "And when I introduced you at the party, I saw the look in Aldric's eyes, and I felt that shwash over me. I froze up, did something naive and stupid." I paused, collecting my thoughts. Matt stayed silent, listening, waiting forto finish.

"But it's not just that," I admitted. "Matt, I... Mila, the team doctor for the hockey team I'm supposed to coach, she... She tried to drug me. And she kissed me. And when I rejected her, she threatened me." Matt's eyes widened. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked quietly.

I chuckled wryly, shaking my head. "My damn ego," I replied bitterly. "Nina practically had to drag it out of me. I didn't want to tell her, let alone you, for fear of being viewed as weak. As less of a man." "And that's why you wanted to prove yourself as an Alpha," Matt said after a beat of silence.* To prove that you're a man. That you're not weak." Another wry laugh escaped my lips as he spoke. "I couldn't have said it better myself." The two of us sat in silence again for a while longer. We sat so quietly, in fact, that I could see a deer cross through the forest up ahead, completely unperturbed by our presence. I felt my wolf stir, yearning to give chase, but I reined him in. Right now, the quiet and the stillness was what we both needed.

It was what we all needed.

Matt was quiet for a moment longer, and then he licked his lips and spoke. "Listen, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, Enzo," he said quietly. "But know that I'm here for you, always. Company, support, whatever you need." I looked at Matt, offering him a small, grateful smile. "You're a good friend, Matt," I said sincerely. I felt as though I didn't deserve him right now after what I had done, after the danger I had put us all in tonight, all for my own ego.

But Matt, his usual jovial nature slowly returning, just turned and clappedon the back." Sgoes for you, man," he replied, givingan encouraging nod. "And just so you know, so long as you promise to talk tofirst instead of jumping into these schemes from now on, we're all good. No hard feelings." His words almost madelaugh. It felt like the bare minimum that any man who called himself a friend, a coach, and an Alpha should promise, and yet I had failed. And now here we were, making those promises as though we were working from square one.

"You know what?" I said. "I'll do you one better." "Hmm?" Matt asked, furrowing his brow.

I took a deep breath, then held out my hand, shooting Matt a stern look. "Let's make a pact, "Xsaid: To be the best we can be, not just for ON ourselves, but for each other and our pack. Deal?"

For a few moments, Matt's eyes flickered back and forth between my Prema remained gaze and my hand, buffre unwavering. Finally, he smirked and shook my hand firmly. "Deal," he said.

I nodded, smiling back at him. When we pulled apart, we returned to our companionable silence, sitting alongside one another on the fallen log.

The forest seemed to return in kind, and the moon cout from behind a cloud, illuminating the scene im front of us with a pale blue glow that made the plants and the trees look even more alive. Up ahead, the deer still grazed in a clearing, and it was then that I saw it, the deer wasn't alone. There were others. Several others.

It maderealize, then, that there was beauty and strength in numbers. Maybe I had forgotten that lately, but I wouldn't anymore.

After all, an Alpha would be nothing without his pack.