My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

“I’m not sure exactly,” Luke replied, pulling a folded up piece of newspaper out of his hoodie pocket,

“but I broke into her dorm after she left and I found this. The newspaper that the guy in the diner gave

her. My best guess is that she’s trying to investigate… Because she probably thinks that we did this

somehow.”

I furrowed my brow and snatched the newspaper away from Luke. My eyes widened as I read the

article.

“This is…”

“Yeah,” Luke said, nodding, “It’s him. The guy who drugged her at the club. Someone must’ve found

where I had him and they did him in. I’m not sure why, exactly, but my only guess is that that guy who

showed up to the diner last night had something to do with it.”

“How do you know?” I asked. “Why would he have given her this if he was the one who did the killing?”

“When he went into the diner last night and I saw how terrified Nina looked, I got suspicious,” Luke

replied. “So I looked through the windows of his truck. There was a business card on the dashboard. It

had blood on it.”

“Fuck,” I exclaimed, stuffing the newspaper article in my pocket and continuing to pack. “How long ago

did she leave?”

“Only about ten minutes ago,” Luke said. “If we go soon, we might be able to catch up with her and

stop her before it’s too late.”

I quickly finished packing up my camping supplies, formulating a plan as I did so. I couldn’t just

randomly show up in the woods and drag Nina home; for starters, I didn’t want to get shot, and

secondly, I couldn’t have her friends getting suspicious. I had to figure out a way to make it seem like it

was all just a coincidence.

I called Matt from the hockey team once I finished packing — he was the only one on the team who I

knew would agree to a last-minute camping trip like this, plus he had a car — and told him to pack

quickly and meet me at the quad. Just as I suspected, he agreed enthusiastically.

“Totally, man!” he said. “I can be out there in, like, ten minutes. Oh, and is it alright if I bring my

roommate? He’s going through some stuff so he could use a camping trip… You’ll like him

though.”

“Sure, whatever,” I said, rolling my eyes, and hung up the phone.

Ten minutes later, I was standing on the quad when I saw Matt and his roommate walking toward me.

I almost audibly groaned when I

recognized his roommate immediately.

It was the guy that Nina had been

going on dates with.

“Enzo, this is my roommate James,” Matt said.

James smiled and stuck out his hand. ” Nice to meet you,” he said, a perfect picture of politeness.

I forced a smile and shook his hand back.

Even though I wanted to throttle this guy for stealing Nina away from me, I didn’t have the time right

now to be dealing with this. It looked like I’d just have to grin and bear it for Nina’s sake.

We hopped in Matt’s car — I insisted on driving — and started to head toward Newburgh. I knew

exactly where Luke had kept the asshole who drugged Nina; it was just a matter of figuring out where

she decided to set up her camp, because it likely wasn’t far.

I took risks driving at breakneck speeds around the back roads, much to Matt’s dismay, and soon

enough we were in Newburgh.

And, sure enough, Fio sensed her nearby.

“Park here,” Fio said. “I can smell her. She was just here; she’s not far.”

I did as Fio said and parked along the side of the road. We got out and grabbed our things — I tried my

best to ignore Mr. Perfect, James, who came fully prepared with a fancy hiking backpack, hiking boots,

expensive outdoorsy clothes, and all of the

camping supplies we could possibly need — and then we got on our way.

“Thanks for inviting me, by the way,’ James said as we walked, not realizing that Fio was guiding me to

the perfect spot. “I really appreciate it.”

“No problem,” I lied through my teeth. “It’s a good weekend for it.”

“Sure is,” Matt said, inhaling the forest air. “What made you wanna go camping so last minute, Enzo?”

I shrugged, stepping over a fallen tree; Fio was telling me that Nina was very close now. “Just been a

long week,” I replied. “Needed to get some fresh air.”

A few minutes later, we found a decent camping spot that was close enough to Nina’s campsite for my

plan to go into action.

“I wanna scout around for a couple

minutes before we set up just to check for bear droppings,” I said. “You guys wait here, alright?”

Matt and James nodded and sat down on a log while I hiked off into the woods.

I knew that there were no bears around; even if there were, I knew I could handle it. Instead, I was

headed straight for Nina’s campsite. I picked up some small logs along the way to make it look like I

was out collecting firewood not that Nina would believe me anyway, but at least her friends would fall

for it.

When I heard the girls talking and laughing nearby, my stress dissolved. I had made it in time before

anything bad happened. Nina could be mad at me all she wanted, but I could explain everything later.

“Shh- Do you hear that?” Nina said, quieting her friends as I approached.

Not wanting to frighten them, I called Out: Hello? I stepped out into the clearing where the girls had set

up camp and smiled.

“Oh, hey!” I said. “Fancy seeing you ladies here.”