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Chapter 9

Author: Ari Vida
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-02 23:49:46

I stared at Marcus’s message for a long time before making the decision I knew I would regret.

The old warehouse near the rink was dark and smelled of rust and damp concrete. I arrived just after midnight, nerves on edge, my breath visible in the cold air.

Marcus was already waiting, leaning casually against a stack of old pallets, scrolling through his phone with a smug grin.

“You actually came,” he said, slipping the phone into his pocket. “Smart choice.”

I stayed near the entrance, arms cro
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    Ethan barely slept.By morning the folder was open again on his desk, pages spread under the lamp like they might change if he stared long enough. He paced the short length of the room, came back, and read the committee log for the third time. It was still an incomplete paperwork with withdrawn materials and no granted offer or sabotage entry under Jax’s name.Marcus’s voice sat against every line. ‘You really think Jax is innocent?’Ethan stopped at the window, then turned back to the desk. “The file says you collapsed your own application,” he muttered. “That’s what it says.”The empty room offered nothing back.He picked up the summary sheet again. Jax’s words from the before replayed without permission: I’m not hiding anything. I didn’t sabotage him. The same tone he had used when Ethan asked if the new rumors worried him.“And if you’re lying too?” Ethan said under his breath.The question landed harder than he wanted. He sat, then stood again, unable to stay still. Every p

  • Captain's Ice Slave    Chapter 43

    The rink emptied slower than usual. Ethan stayed in the records room until the last voices faded down the corridor, then gathered the pages that mattered and went looking. He found Marcus in the far locker bay, alone, tying his street shoes like the building already belonged to him.“I need a minute,” Ethan said.Marcus didn’t look up right away. “Practice is over.”“This isn’t about practice.”Marcus finished the knot, sat back, and finally met his eyes. “Then say it.”Ethan kept the folder closed against his side. “You told me Jax sabotaged your scholarship and that is was a quiet conversations. Timing that made you look unreliable. That he kept his path open and cost you yours.”Marcus’s mouth curved, small and unimpressed. “And now you’ve been in the files.”“I was putting notes into player folders. Yours was already sitting there.” Ethan’s voice stayed even. “The junior-year log doesn’t show an offer that got taken from you. It shows missing materials. A packet that never cleared

  • Captain's Ice Slave    Chapter 42

    Practice was already in full motion when Coach walked back onto the ice deck.Jax sat in his usual place along the boards with the tablet, marking notes between drills. The rest of the team moved through a cycle of rush sequences under one of the assistants. Nothing about the morning had felt unusual until Coach’s voice cut across the rink.“Rivera. My office, now.”The whistle from the assistant died mid-call. Several players slowed. A few stopped completely. Jax looked up. Coach’s expression was closed, the same hard focus he had carried out of the archive room earlier. There was no private gesture, no quiet signal to wait until after practice. The summons was public.Ethan, standing near the far circle, exchanged a quick glance with Tyler. Eli eased to a stop near the boards. Even Marcus, usually careful about where he placed his attention, turned his head.Jax set the tablet down on the bench. “Coach?”“You heard me. Office.”The assistant coach recovered first. “Keep moving. Same

  • Captain's Ice Slave    Chapter 41

    Ethan waited until he was alone in his room before he called.Jax picked up on the second ring. “Yeah?”“It’s me,” Ethan said. “I need a straight answer about juniors.”“Okay.”“Is there anything from that year beyond what I already know that could still implicate you? Something that hasn’t come out?”Jax’s reply was steady. “No. I’m not hiding anything.”Ethan sat with the answer for a second. “Marcus has started circulating talk again. Selective messages about your past, the scholarship year, things that ‘never got cleared.’ Have you heard it?”“I’ve heard.”“And?”“And I don’t care,” Jax said. “There’s nothing for me to be afraid of. Let him send what he wants.”The lack of tension in Jax’s voice was almost harder to read than anger would have been.Ethan exhaled. “All right.”“That it?”“For now. Goodnight.”“Goodnight.”The call ended, Ethan set the phone down and stayed on the edge of the bed.Marcus was still feeding selected teammates private lines about the junior year and th

  • Captain's Ice Slave    Chapter 40

    Marcus sat with the phone still in his hand, the Phase Two message glowing on the screen.He didn’t answer it, Instead he opened a new thread, selected three names from the team roster — players who talked, who listened, and who had already shown curiosity about old stories — and began typing.To the first: ‘Heard the junior-league stuff with Rivera never actually got cleared. Scholarship mess, quiet deals. Makes you wonder how much of that followed him here.’He sent it, waited a moment, then opened the second chat. ‘People keep treating Rivera like the past is finished. From what I know, it isn’t. Ask around about the year the offer disappeared. Interesting reactions.’Send.The third message was shorter: ‘Some histories don’t stay buried just because the team moved on. Rivera’s is one of them.He reviewed the three threads once, made sure none of them sat in the main group chat, then locked the phone.’No mass blast or open accusation. Just quiet, targeted lines desi

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    CHAPTER 39They got back to the apartment with the food still warm. Gerald checked the time and nodded toward the spare room he used as a workspace.“Meeting starts in ten. I’ll take it in there.”“I’ll stay out of the way,” Jax said. He carried his own container to his room and closed the door most of the way, giving Gerald the quiet he needed.A few hours later the low sound of the call ended. Jax waited another minute, then walked out.“You need water?” he asked. “All that talking can’t be easy.”Gerald stretched and shook his head. “Food first. I’m starving.”They sat at the small table and opened the containers. For a while they ate without much comment. Then Gerald set his fork down.“How have you been feeling lately? Really.”Jax thought about it before answering. “Fine. I feel lighter than before. The pressure isn’t sitting on my chest the same way. I feel relieved.”Gerald watched him for a second. “I’m glad. You were carrying a lot for a long time. It’s good to hear it’s eas

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