My Hockey Alpha



Chapter 0760

Nina

I stared at Luke in stunned silence, his words echoing in my head.

Enzo... with Mila?

It made no sense, and yet, a tendril of dread snaked its way around my heart when I saw the look in Luke's eyes. He knew what he had seen.

"What are you talking about?"I finally managed, my voice trembling. "Enzo hates Mila, he_"

"Would never go with her willingly, I know," Luke cut me off. "Believe me, Nina, I wouldn't be here if I didn't think something was seriously wrong."

Sinking down on the edge of my bed, I raked my hands through my hair in a weak attempt to steady myself. If it was true that Enzo just... went through a portal with Mila, then the situation was even more grave than I thought. "Look, I've been keeping an eye on Enzo ever since he left," Luke explained again. "I would have expected him to seem lost, aimless after being banished. But he seemed like he was on a mission, and then the portal opened..." "Do you think she put some kind of spell on him?" I asked.

"I don't know, but whatever she's done to him, it's not good," Luke said grimly. "I could see it in his eyes, the way they looked... vacant. Empty. Like he was just... drifting."

A violent shudder quaked my shoulders at the thought. Enzo, the man I loved more than life itself, reduced to a hollow shell at Mila's manipulation. Bile rose in my throat, bitter and hot.

"God, it's just like Selena all over again," I whispered, still clutching my hair.

I didn't want to believe it; this couldn't be happening, not again. Not after all we had been through. But now Mila had him, and we all knew what she wanted him for-and what would happen to those who stayed in her impossible palace for too long.

Then, I felt Luke's hands on my shoulders, grounding me, pulling me back to reality.

"Nina, look at me," he murmured, his voice low and insistent until I finally lifted my gaze to meet his. "We're going to get him back, just like we did before. I promise."

I opened my mouth, but no words would come. Luke simply nodded as though reading my mind, and his expression hardened.

"I'll come back tomorrow night, once I've had a chance to get the others ready," he said. "Then we'll go after Mila together and bring Enzo home where he belongs. No matter what it takes."

I didn't bother with pleasantries or formalities when I reached the heavy oak door of my father's study, simply pushing through and fixing my father with an unwavering stare.

"Nina?" he asked, looking up from a pile of papers at his desk. "You alright, love?"noveldrama

"We have to save Enzo," I stated without preamble. "Mila has taken him, I don't know where or how, but she's done something to him, twisted his mind. Luke saw them disappear through some sort of portal and—" "Enough."

The single, curt word from my father's lips cut through my impassioned speech before I could even finish. My voice trailed off, and I gaped at him in disbelief as he rose from behind his desk, his expression unreadable. "Enzo rejected you as his mate, Nina," he said softly. "His choices are his own burden to bear now. We cannot go chasing after him, not after the grievous betrayal he committed against you, against this family."

I shook my head. "He's not in his right mind," I pleaded. "We can't just let him into her clutches. If we could just

"We will do nothing," he cut me off again. "That man made his decision, and he will have to face the consequences of those actions alone. I won't let my pregnant daughter and the sole heir of my kingdom go on another rescue mission."