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CHAPTER 124
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2026-10-07 13:15:42
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Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 125
Jarett's povThe silence that settled over the board room after the heavy double doors clicked shut felt heavy, but for the first time in forty-eight hours, the air didn’t feel like smoke.Helena remained seated, her fingers still wrapped around mine. Her grip was tight—tighter than she usually allowed anyone in this building to see—and I could feel the faint tremor in her palm. The polished mahogany table was littered with abandoned water glasses, legal pads, and the lone sheet of paper she had slid into the center of the room like an unexploded grenade."You dropped the 2021 pay cut on him," she murmured, her voice barely above a whisper as her thumb traced the back of my hand. "I didn’t have that in the briefing notes.""It wasn't in the notes," I said, pulling out the chair next to hers and sitting down. The wool of my suit jacket felt tight across my shoulders. Every time I moved, my body looked for the familiar give of shoulder pads and fight straps. "It was in my head. Elliot t
Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 124
Jarrett's pov The board room on the forty-second floor of the league office in Manhattan looked less like hockey and more like a high-end funeral home. Deep mahogany, gray marble, and floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking Central Park.Around the table sat twenty-eight men and two women who between them owned roughly eighty billion dollars worth of real estate, media conglomerates, and sports franchises.And then there was me, in my navy tailored suit, wearing a wristwatch instead of hockey tape.Elliot, the owner of the Toronto franchise, sat at the head of the mahogany oval like a judge who had already decided the sentence. He was seventy, wore pinstripes, and looked at me the same way he looked at stadium trash after a playoff loss."This board exists to maintain the integrity of the league, Helena," Elliot said, tapping his pen against a heavy leather dossier. "You cannot simply sign over forty-nine percent of an NHL franchise to a player who was taking shift changes forty-eight hou
Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 123
Jarrett's pov Telling Marcus Vance you’re marrying his daughter and taking half his hockey franchise isn’t something you prepare for by putting on a tie. But Helena insisted, which meant I spent twenty minutes in front of a mirror in a cabin bathroom trying to reconcile six-foot-three of scar tissue with silk.The drive to the Vance estate was silent. Not the heavy, angry kind of quiet, but the kind where two people are running tactical playbooks in their heads.Helena had her iPad resting on her thigh, the glow lighting up her jaw. "He’s going to attack the equity first," she said, not looking up. "He’ll claim I gave away controlling interest out of emotional fatigue after the Championship.""Can he block it?" I asked, keeping my hands at ten and two on the wheel."Legally? No. The franchise transfer was finalized yesterday when I signed the registry. Financially? He can make life miserable for our line of credit before the board meeting." She finally looked at me, taking in the tie
Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 122
Jarrett's pov I woke up to her ring on my chest.Not Helena. Just the ring. She must have taken it off in the night and set it on my sternum, like she was marking territory.That was very Helena.I could smell coffee and pine and her shampoo on the pillow next to me. The lake outside was that cold, blue morning color that made you want to stay in bed. Or, in my case, get up before she did something crazy like propose back with a Zamboni.She was on the porch in my hoodie, knees tucked up, mug in both hands, watching the fog lift off the water. She turned when she heard the screen door, and her smile hit differently then. Not just soft. Settled."Morning, husband-to-be," she said."Morning, owner." I sat down and stole her coffee. "Did you sleep?""No. I kept waiting to wake up from it. Kept thinking I'd imagined you kneeling on that dock.""You didn't imagine the knee pain, I can promise you that." I winced. "I'm gonna need ice and an apology from this house."She laughed and then di
Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 121
Jarrett's pov The lake doesn't give a damn who we are.That's why I love it.Three weeks ago I couldn't hear myself think. Sirens, confetti cannons, Helena on my shoulders in the middle of downtown with ten thousand people chanting her name, then mine, then ours. RI-OT. HE-LE-NA. The parade float ran out of champagne twice. The Commissioner shook my hand like he hadn't tried to fine me into retirement last season.And now? Now it's just water lapping against the dock, pine trees breathing in the wind, and Helena barefoot in the kitchen of a house that doesn't have a single TV in it. On purpose.We told everyone we were going off-grid for "recovery." No press. No league politics. No agents. Just the two of us and this A-frame lake house her family built in the mountains before the Ironheads were even a sketch on a napkin. The deed still has her grandfather's handwriting on it.She's humming. She never hums unless she thinks no one can hear her."You're burning the steaks, Crown," I ca
Chasing the Riot: The Alpha's Second Chance CHAPTER 120
Helena's pov By 5:00 PM, the sports world had completely exploded.Global news tickers, sports networks, and phone screens across the country broadcast the same breaking headline: 'International Ice Hockey Commission Leader Arrested in Federal Raid.' The news cycle detailed the full dismantling of the syndicate, bringing an end to the dark shadow of corruption that had hovered over the sport for years. The air was cleared. The game was restored.And three hours later, twenty thousand fans jammed into our home arena, creating a deafening wave of gold and blue noise that shook the very foundation of the building.Standing in the tunnel beside the glass as the team skated out for Game 6, I felt the sheer electricity of the arena hum through my boots. There were no tainted hydration packs, no tampered ice systems, no corrupt refereeing rotations, and no syndicate shadows lurking in the penthouse suites. This was pure, unadulterated hockey.From the opening puck drop, the game was a brea
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