The Hockey Star and His Roommate; She Has A Secret
"I rejected the most powerful Alpha in the country and ran. Now, my wolf is dying, and the only thing keeping me alive is the hockey captain who doesn’t even know he’s a werewolf."
Wrenley Vale has one rule: keep her head down. After rejecting her fated mate and fleeing her destroyed pack, she just wants to swim fast enough to make the Olympics and ignore the fact that her denied wolf is slowly fading away, killing her from the inside out.
Enter Aurel Castell. North Bay University’s golden boy, star hockey captain, and the most annoying guy on campus. He’s also human… or so he thinks. Aurel was raised away from the packs, his wolf dormant and sleeping. But from the moment Wrenley meets him, the undeniable pull of a second-chance mate bond begins waking his dormant wolf, drawing him to her in ways neither of them understands.
When a sudden eviction leaves Wrenley homeless, Aurel offers her his guest room in exchange for tutoring. It’s supposed to be a simple deal. But living across the hall from the hockey star is anything but simple. His toxic girlfriend is out for blood, a dark secret is living in their house, and the deadly Alpha Wrenley ran from is finally closing in.
Wrenley swore she would never be tied to a mate again. But as Aurel's wolf begins to violently wake to protect her, she has to make a choice: complete the bond and save her life, or keep her freedom and fade away forever.
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Chapter: Chapter 39WRENLEYI shut my bedroom door, press my back flat against the wood, and slide down until I hit the floor.My chest is heaving. I pull my knees up to my chest and wrap my arms around my legs, digging my fingernails into my shins so hard it hurts. I need the pain. I need the sharp sting to cut through the humiliation burning in my throat.I can't believe he pulled away.I squeeze my eyes shut, but it doesn't help. The image is burned onto the back of my eyelids. For one pathetic, delusional second, I actually thought he was going to kiss me.I thought the public display with Elise in the quad was a mistake. I thought the tension radiating off him in the kitchen meant he was feeling the exact same magnetic, agonizing pull that has been tearing me apart for weeks. I leaned in, practically offering myself to him.And he stepped back.He looked at me, remembered the girl he actually wants, and he stepped backward.A hot, furious tear escapes, tracking down my cheek. I angrily scrub it away
Last Updated: 2026-07-21
Chapter: Chapter 38AURELThe house is completely silent when I finally walk through the front door.It’s past midnight. I spent the last three hours driving up and down the highway with the radio off and the windows wound down, trying to outrun the suffocation my chest. It didn't work. My lungs still feel restricted. The ghost of the panic attack from the athletic lobby is still sitting right behind my ribs, a dull, constant ache reminding me that my entire life is currently entirely out of my control.I toe my boots off in the entryway and drop my keys into the bowl on the table. The metal clinking against ceramic sounds obnoxiously loud in the dark.I rub the back of my neck, walking down the hall toward the kitchen. I just want a glass of water. I want to go upstairs, pass out, and forget that I have to wake up tomorrow and lie to everyone all over again.I turn the corner and stop.The overhead lights in the kitchen are off, but the warm yellow bulb above the stove is glowing.And there is the cause
Last Updated: 2026-07-21
Chapter: Chapter 37AURELThere is a specific kind of cold that lives inside a hockey arena. It doesn't matter how many layers you wear; it sinks straight through your clothes and settles directly into your joints.I’ve spent my entire life on the ice, and the cold has never bothered me. But today, sitting in the third row of the empty metal bleachers in street clothes, I am shivering.Down on the ice, the team is running a high-speed breakout drill. The sharp, rhythmic scrape of skate blades against the ice and the crack of sticks receiving heavy passes echo through the building. Coach is blowing his whistle, barking orders at the first line.I am completely invisible to him. I am invisible to everyone down there, except Finn, who occasionally glances up at me through the cage of his goalie mask before resetting his stance.Being benched isn't just about missing game time, it's worse than that almost like a humiliation ritual. I am the captain, but I am sitting in the stands holding a soda can, watching
Last Updated: 2026-07-20
Chapter: Chapter 36WRENLEYIt is Thursday afternoon and the campus design lab has thirty other art students realising midterm are next week. The heavy industrial sewing machines are running in a continuous, deafening hum. To a normal human, it’s just loud. To me, with hearing meant for tracking prey through a silent forest, the overlapping mechanical grinding is like a drill pressing directly into my temples.I have three days left until Finn’s Sunday deadline. Three days until I either pack my trash bags and leave the only safe place I’ve had in a year, or Aurel’s best friend goes to the athletic board and gets me expelled."You're glaring at that fabric like it did something to you."I blink, dragging my eyes up from the needle. Priya is leaning against the edge of my cutting table. She is holding a half-empty iced coffee, wearing a flawlessly layered outfit and looking at me with mild concern."It’s this stupid stretchy material, " I mutter, rubbing the back of my neck. My muscles are screaming in pr
Last Updated: 2026-07-17
Chapter: Chapter 35WRENLEYWednesday morning swim practice ends with Coach Diaz blowing his whistle so hard."Seven days, ladies!" he yells, pointing a finger at the team as we pull ourselves out of the pool. "The scouts land in exactly seven days. If your turns are sloppy today, they’ll be sloppy next week. Fix it."I grab my towel from the bench and wrap it tightly around my shoulders. My muscles are aching, a deep, heavy fatigue settling right into my bones. The Fade hasn't stopped, but after my date with Jerry last night, the panic in my chest feels a little quieter. For the first time in weeks, I actually slept through the night.I take a quick shower, change into a pair of sweatpants and a heavy hoodie, and stuff my wet gear into my duffel bag.I walk out of the women’s locker room into the long corridor that connects the natatorium to the hockey arena. It is early enough that the hallway is mostly empty, smelling faintly of floor wax and stale air.I sling my bag over my shoulder, pulling my keys
Last Updated: 2026-07-17
Chapter: Chapter 34AURELYou wouldn't believe I haven't moved from the couch since she left. I am sitting on the living room sofa in complete darkness. The television is off. The lamps are off. The only light in the room is the pale, amber glow of the streetlamp filtering through the front window, cutting a sharp rectangle across the floor.For some weird reason, my brain is now a miserable, relentless projector screen. Every time I close my eyes, I see exactly what is happening across town. I see Jerry pulling into the parking lot at The Anchor. I see him asking for the back booth. I see him gesturing for Wrenley to take the inside seat so she can face the door. I see her face relax when she realizes she doesn't have to watch her back.Was I really that obsessed with her?A low, pathetic whine vibrates in the back of my throat. Something inside me has been pacing against my ribs all night, restless and violently agitated, completely incapable of understanding why I let her leave with another male. The
Last Updated: 2026-07-16
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