My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0665 Nina The little red bird transformed right in front of me. A moment later, a young woman with long red hair and striking green eyes stood in the clearing now, and my shock was palpable. She appeared no older than me, rubbing her arm where I had grabbed her, a mix of irritation and pain on her face.

"Hey! That hurt!" she exclaimed, her voice sharp. Her green eyes glared at me, fiery and alive.

I was still reeling from the sudden transformation, but my anger quickly resurfaced once I cback to my senses. "Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't have been spying on me!" I shot back, feeling my own eyes narrow in frustration. "I wouldn't have grabbed you if you weren't stalking me." The woman, brushing a stray leaf off of her short, huffed angrily. "Orders are orders, princess," she retorted. "It's not like I can just go around ignoring the Alpha King's commands." Frustrated, I kicked a nearby stick in her direction, a useless and childish gesture of my irritation. "Then turn back into a bird and shoo off!" I said, my voice rising with every word. "Spying on someone during an intimate moment is disgusting... If you're gonna spy, at least make sure I don't see you." "Whatever." The woman turned to leave, her body tensing as if preparing to shift back into her bird form. But suddenly, she paused, hesitating. She looked back atwith those green eyes, her expression changing to something more serious.

"Wait," she said, her tone now cautious. "There's actually something else you should know." I crossed my arms, my anger still simmering just beneath the surface. "Why aren't you flying off yet?" I demanded. The woman looked around nervously before leaning in closer, as if sharing a secret. "You're being watched," she whispered.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I know." "No," she said. "Not just by me, but by someone else." My heart skipped a beat as recognition washed over me. "It's the yellow-eyed wolf, isn't it?" I asked, my own voice barely more than a whisper now.

"Yes," she said with a nod, her gaze intense as she looked around. "They've run off just now, but... they were watching only a moment ago." I took a deep breath, absorbing her words. "You're sure?" She nodded, her earlier nervous expression turning back into one of indignance. "Positive. You're welcome, by the way." With that, the woman turned on her heel again and prepared to shift. But I wasn't satisfied; not yet, at least." Wait!" I called out, causing the red-haired woman to stop and throwan annoyed look over her shoulder.* You've... You've been followinga lot, haven't you?" The woman turned to faceonce more and shrugged, putting her hands on her hips. "Like I said, orders are orders. If you've got a problem with it, take it up with the Alpha King-not with me." "I only ask because you must see a lot," I said, taking a step forward. "You watchall the time, so you must... know things." The woman paused, considering my words before she nodded again, her eyes shifting to the ground. "That's true," she said. "Perhaps I know sthings." "So tell me," I said, "this wolf... is it around a lot?" The woman glanced around again, looking nervously at our surroundings. "Look, if you're just trying to ruffle my feathers-* "No," I insisted. "I'd really like to know. Has it been watching me? Watching my friends?" She nodded. "It has. For quite a while, actually." "How long?" "About three months." I swallowed, my mind racking to recall moments where I had felt watched over the past few months, when I had felt uneasy during my morning walks or when I would look out the window in the dead of night.

And then, my mind pieced together a moment more recently, a moment when nothing seemed to make sense: when the burglar somehow escaped from our headquarters. "Did you see if it was there the night the burglar escaped?" I asked, my voice taking on a more frantic tone.

She confirmed with another nod. "Yes," she said. "It was lurking around." I sighed, feeling a mixture of frustration and intrigue. It was clear that this woman wasn't quick to give up her information, but she certainly seemed to have a lot of it. "What's your name?" I finally asked.

"Daphne," she replied, her voice softening ever so slightly.

"Daphne," I repeated, rolling the naround in my mind and choosing to commit it to memory. "Well, Daphne, you seem to know many things. Like about the yellow-eyed wolf being around on the night of the burglary. Know anything else?" Daphne shifted uncomfortably, looking atwith a sense of resignation. "I don't know anything else about it," she said. "Just that it likes to watch you and your friends." "What about Jessica's accident?" I asked. "Did you " "My job is to watch you," Daphne interrupted. "Not your friends. So I don't know."

I watched her for a moment, my mind racing. Daphne, a spy sent by my father, knew more than she was more than е letting on. And as she turned again and prepared to shift back into her bird form for the third time, I realized that I couldn't let her go just yet. "Wait, Daphne!" I called out just as she was about to take off. She paused, turning once more to look atcuriously. Annoyance flashed across her face, but there was something else there, too.

Intrigue.

"Daphne," I said, "if I paid you, could you help me? Without my father knowing?" Daphne cocked her head, clearly intrigued by my proposition. "Help you? How?" I took a step closer, lowering my voice. "Listen, I was gonna hunt you down and send you back to my father," I said, "but... what if I let you stay, and in exchange, you did sdigging for me?"

Daphne seemed to consider this for a moment before she shook her head so that her red hair shoge in the sun, her movements almost comically E. birdlike despite her current human form. "No," she said. "I've got a job. And besides, why would I want to help you? You just hurt my wing."

"Look, I'm sorry," I said gently. "But you seem smart; surely you're bored of watchingall the time, aren't you?" Daphne didn't respond, but she didn't need to The answer floated through her eyes, and the answer was 'yes'. "So listen," I said, "you can still work for my father, but I could really use shelp trying to figure out who-or what-this yellow-eyed wolf is. What do you say? I'll make it worth your time, I promise." The strange red-haired woman stared atfor a long few moments, her green eyes flitting back and forth across my face. I felt a flicker of hope inside of me, but that hope was squashed rather quickly when she suddenly shook her head and turned her back onagain.

"Sorry, I can't," she said.

Without another word, Daphne quickly shifted back into her bird form. I watched as she flitted off into the air, her red hairs disappearing into the trees.

And then, I was alone once more.