LOGINI came here on a scholarship. No parents. No safety net. Just brains, bruises, and a shot at a better life. Now they want me on the hockey team? I’ve never even touched a stick. And if I say no—I lose everything. The only thing colder than the rink is how they look at me. The rich girls with their designer skates and perfect smiles. The coach who’d rather pretend I don’t exist. And him—Jaxon Reid, the team’s golden boy, who skates like sin and speaks with his eyes more than his mouth. He thinks I’m a joke. They all do. But I’ve fought for every inch of my life, and I’m not about to back down now. Not when college is the only thing standing between me and going back to nothing. So I’ll lace up. I’ll fall, I’ll bruise, I’ll bleed if I have to. And maybe—just maybe—I’ll learn how to play their game better than they do. Because survival isn’t about being the best. It’s about refusing to lose.
View MoreLena’s POVI should have been exhausted, but sleep wouldn’t come. My mind kept replaying the scene in the hallway with Lucien, the way he’d loomed so close, the way his eyes had flashed gold, the way my breath had caught even though I hated him for humiliating me.It wasn’t fair. I should only feel anger. And I did, anger burned like acid, scorching every corner of me. But under it, buried deep, was something else. The memory of his scent clung to me, like winter air biting at my lungs. I hated how my body reacted. I hated that a part of me wanted to step closer instead of away. Why did I feel this way toward him, after all the humiliation, the sharp words, the way he made me feel small in front of everyone? It didn’t make sense. It felt wrong. And yet my chest still ached for answers only he seemed to hold.I pressed my palms into my eyes and groaned. “What is wrong with me?”Sarah glanced up from her desk, her pen tapping against her notebook. “You’ve got that face, like someone sna
Lena’s POVI tried to keep my face neutral, to just be Lena Brooklyn at hockey practice, but every sound was sharper, every movement in my peripheral vision felt like a potential threat. My body was a live wire, still humming from everything I’d learned. His eyes burned into me, unrelenting.Lucien was already on the ice, carving slow, powerful circles into the center. He wasn’t just brooding today; he was a storm cloud made of man.The moment I stepped through the gate, his gaze locked onto me, intense and unblinking. Like he knew I’d spent time with Collins. A shiver ran down my spine, sharp and inexplicable, as if something inside me recognized the danger before my mind could.He blew his whistle, the sound so sharp and sudden that half the team flinched. “Listen up.” His voice was a low growl that carried over the ice. Everyone immediately fell silent. “This is Elijah. He’s your new assistant coach.”My eyes followed his gesture to the guy standing beside him. Elijah looked young,
Lena’s POVThe heavy rink doors swung shut behind me, sealing off the world of polished ice and leaving me alone in the chill of the evening. Talking with Collins had left me feeling completely untethered, a messy knot of hope and confusion tightening in my gut. Part of me wanted to grab onto the lifeline he’d thrown me, but Lucian’s low and serious warning was a constant, ugly echo I couldn’t shake. I felt utterly alone with it all.I stopped on the sidewalk, digging my phone out of my pocket. Checking my student email was a useless habit, something I did when I was bored. It was never anything but university spam and reminders about deadlines I already knew. But tonight, a weird, nagging feeling pulled at me. I thumbed the app open.There it was. A new message from the university archives, sent just an hour ago. My breath hitched. The subject line read: “Re: Your inquiry about historical campus societies and private collections.”My blood ran cold. I had never sent that query. I kne
Lena’s POVThe nightmare didn’t end when I woke up.I jerked upright in bed, tangled in my sheets like I’d been fighting something all night. My chest heaved, my heart pounding so hard it felt like the whole room could hear it. I clutched at my throat, desperate to feel the cool weight of my pendant, but my fingers found nothing, just damp skin and the wild pulse beneath it.They’ll take it from you.My mother’s voice threaded through the silence, low and broken. It wasn’t a memory. It was more like she was still here, whispering from somewhere I couldn’t reach. The sound hollowed me out.Then the hunger hit.It wasn’t normal hunger. It was sharp and greedy, a twisting emptiness that no amount of food ever seemed to touch. I’d eaten more than enough at dinner, yet my stomach clawed for more. I slipped out of bed, my bare feet biting against the cold floor, and opened the mini-fridge. Sarah’s leftover pizza sat in a greasy box. I devoured two slices standing there in the dark, barely t
Lena’s POVBy the time Collins and I made it to the rink, the lights were already on, the sound of skates and sticks filling the air. I slowed when I saw him, Lucian. He was already there, standing near the bench, whistle hanging from his neck, arms folded across his chest.My heart lurched so hard
Lucien’s POVI told myself to walk away. To leave her alone for the night, let her breathe, let myself breathe. But my wolf didn’t believe me. He never did when it came to her.That was why I found myself standing outside Collins’s building, half-hidden in shadow, staring up at the window where I c
Lena’s POVSarah noticed the moment I walked through the door. She always did. I hadn’t even set my bag down before she sat up from her bed, eyebrows arched, a sly grin tugging her lips.“Well, well,” she said, sing-song. “Someone looks like they just stepped out of a rom-com.”Heat rushed up my ne
Lucien’s POVThe knock came heavy against the wood, steady as a heartbeat that didn’t belong to the building. My wolf stiffened before my mind did, hackles rising, lips curling in a silent snarl inside me. I didn’t need to scent the air to know who it was, the Lycan Council. I moved fast, my hand p
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