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Chapter 152

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Lyra

“What vacation?” My voice came out. I turned my face away from him, my palms pressing into the edge of the counter like I needed something solid to hold me in place. My heart was already racing.

“The situation here is so bad. We can’t go on any vacation right now.”

Nick didn’t let me escape. His hand slid to my jaw, firm but gentle, guiding my face back to his. His eyes searched mine like he was trying to read every thought running through my head.

“Lyraaa,” he dragged my name softly, the way he did when he wanted something badly. “Please. I need you to go with me.”

I swallowed. “I beg you.”

His voice dropped. For a second, my chest tightened. I almost gave in. But then Damian’s face flashed in my mind. Rixa’s trembling hands. The fear in her eyes. The way everything felt like it was standing on the edge of another disaster.

I shook my head. “No. We can’t.” I pushed away from the counter, turning to leave.

“This is not the time. Damian is still out there. Rixa is vulnerable. We n
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    Lyra“What the hell, Ben?” I snapped the moment I saw him. “You told me to…” Ben was saying, but I didn't even let him finish the sentence. My hand shot out grabbing him in, and slamming the door shut, cutting off the figure standing outside before they could say another word. The sound echoed through the house, loud and final, and my heart started racing like I’d just done something unforgivable.I spun around.“Ben,” I said, my voice shaking now, disbelief pouring out of me. “That is a child.”Ben froze where he stood.“That’s a kid,” I repeated, louder. “What do you mean you found a human? That’s not a human…that’s a baby.”“A baby?” Ben frowned. “Lyra, he’s not…”“He’s like fourteen. Fifteen at most,” I cut in, my chest rising fast. “He still looks like he’s figuring out algebra and acne. What do you expect me to do with that?”Ben opened his mouth, I didn’t let him speak.“Why would you bring a child here?” I demanded. “Why would you load a kid into this mess like it’s nothing?”

  • FIRST NIGHT WITH THE HOCKEY ALPHA    Chapter 170

    Lyra“All right,” Ben said at last, voice low, tired. “I still have to think about this.”Think?? The word scraped against my nerves like sandpaper.I let out a short laugh, sharp and humorless, my back still to him. My hands were clenched so tight my palms hurt. “Think about what?” I asked. My voice sounded calm, which felt almost insulting considering the storm tearing through my chest. “Nick is literally dying, and you’re standing here telling me you need time to think.”I finally turned around. Ben flinched, his eyes met mine, cautious now, guarded.“What exactly are you planning to think about?” I continued, taking a step toward him. “Walk me through it. I’m curious. Are you thinking about the weather? About how uncomfortable this makes you? Or are you thinking of standing around until he stops breathing?”“That’s not fair,” Ben said.I laughed again. Louder this time. “Fair?” I repeated. “You want to talk to me about fair?”My chest rose and fell too fast. I could feel my puls

  • FIRST NIGHT WITH THE HOCKEY ALPHA    Chapter 169

    LyraBen’s eyes widened as he stared at me, he took a slow step closer to me, his voice low but edged with disbelief. “Do you really think Nick would want this?”I didn’t answer immediately. My jaw tightened as I folded my arms around myself, nails digging into my skin.Ben shook his head, running a hand through his hair. “Nick would be disappointed,” he said. “If he knew this was your plan. If he knew this is what you want to do to him.”Each word landed heavy.“He wouldn’t want this,” Ben continued, his voice firmer now. “Not from you.”I swallowed hard, my throat burning.“For years,” Ben went on, pacing slowly, “he’s been managing his health, while….I closed my eyes. “Waiting for you to come back to him,” Ben said quietly.My chest tightened painfully.“I think the happiest time of his life,” Ben said, stopping in front of me, “was when you came back. When he realized you were his Lyra."My breath hitched.“The one he’d been waiting for,” Ben added. “That moment? That was everyth

  • FIRST NIGHT WITH THE HOCKEY ALPHA    Chapter 168

    Lyra“Oh… finally.”The words slipped out of me the second I collapsed into the chair in Nick’s vacation house. My body sagged like it had been carrying something far heavier than weight. My arms rested uselessly in my lap, but my mind refused to sit still. It ran in frantic circles, replaying everything, I didn’t want to see again.The house felt too quiet. I rubbed my palms against my thighs, trying to ground myself, but my fingers wouldn’t stop shaking. My eyes stayed glued to the hallway, counting the seconds Ben had been gone. Every creak of the house made my heart jump.Then footsteps. Ben stepped out of the room.I straightened immediately, my breath hitching. His face told me everything before his mouth opened. His jaw was tight, his eyes tired, like he’d aged ten years in the last hour.“I already put Nick in the room,” he said carefully.My stomach dropped. “You can’t go in there,” Ben continued, his voice low. “Not right now.”“Why?” The word slipped out fast, sharp. My fi

  • FIRST NIGHT WITH THE HOCKEY ALPHA    Chapter 167

    Lyra“No.” The word crawled out of my mouth, thin and broken, like it had scraped its way through glass to escape. My head shook without my permission, fast and hard, my whole body rejecting what Ben had just said.“That can’t be,” I whispered, then louder, desperate. “That can’t be.”Tears streamed down my face freely now, hot and unstoppable. My hands trembled as they reached for Nick again, grabbing fistfuls of his shirt like I could physically anchor him to this world if I held tight enough.“This can’t be,” I said again, my voice shaking so badly it barely sounded like mine. “Nick can’t be dead. He just can’t.”My fingers dug into the fabric over his chest. “My man can’t be dead,” I sobbed. “You don’t get to say that. You don’t.”I looked up at Ben, my vision swimming. “You have to do something,” I pleaded. “Please. You have to.”Ben crouched beside us, his face tight, his jaw clenched like he was holding himself together by force. “Lyra,” he said softly, “I’m not happy either, b

  • FIRST NIGHT WITH THE HOCKEY ALPHA    Chapter 166

    Lyra“Nick… please.” The word barely made it out. It felt trapped somewhere between my chest and my throat, crushed under panic. My hands were on him already, shaking so badly I could barely tell where his shoulders ended and the ground began.“Nick, open your eyes,” I said again, louder now, like volume alone could drag him back.But I got nothing.My entire body trembled, my knees pressed into the gravel as I leaned over him, my fingers skimming his jaw, his neck, his chest, searching for something. But he was too still.That was wrong.“Oh God,” I whispered, my breath coming too fast, too shallow. “No, no, no.”I pressed my ear to his chest, holding my breath like the sound might be shy. My heart slammed against my ribs as I waited.But I got nothing. My hands flew to his face. “Nick,” I said sharply, like I was scolding him. “This isn’t funny. You don’t get to scare me like this.”I bent closer, panic overriding logic, my lips hovering over his nose. I blew air into it, awkward an

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