All Chapters of THE HOCKEY ALPHA WANTS ME: Chapter 111 - Chapter 114

Chapter 111MaxThe smell intensified suddenly, going from unpleasant to overwhelming in the span of a heartbeat. It was like someone had released a concentrated cloud of it, saturating the air around us. I could taste it on my tongue now, bitter and metallic, coating the back of my throat.My vision started to blur at the edges, colors bleeding together. The world took on a strange, dreamlike quality where everything moved too slowly and too fast at the same time.I saw Ace ahead of me, maybe thirty feet away now. He'd stopped running, stopped chasing. He was on his knees, one hand pressed against the ground to keep himself upright, the other clutching at his chest. His whole body was shaking, fighting the effects of the wolfsbane.He was trying to turn around, trying to look back at me. I saw his mouth moving, forming my name, but I couldn't hear him. Everything sounded muffled, distant, like I was underwater.*Ace,* I tried to call out, but my voice came out slurred, weak, barely

Chapter 113AceThe first thing I felt was the pounding in my head—a dull, throbbing ache that radiated from my temples down through my neck. My mouth tasted like copper and ash, and my limbs felt like they were made of concrete.*Get up,* Kael snarled in my mind, his voice frantic. *Get up NOW!*I forced my eyes open, immediately regretting it as the world spun violently. I was lying face-down in the grass outside the cabin, the cool night air biting at my exposed skin. How long had I been out?*Too long,* Kael said. *We need to find Max. NOW.*Max.The memories came flooding back—the unknown scent, the chase, the bitter smell of wolfsbane, Max running after me when I'd told him to stay inside, and then... nothing. Blackness.I pushed myself up onto my hands and knees, my arms shaking with the effort. The wolfsbane was still in my system, making everything harder, slower. But I forced myself to move, forced myself to stand even as my legs threatened to give out."Max!" I called out,