Fallen In Control

Asher’s POVPhilip texted me the location right after the game ended, and I didn’t really plan on coming at first, but after the coach meeting about the upcoming draft talk for elite leagues, I needed somewhere to clear my head before going home.The Falcons had been beaten tonight, and everyone knew it, so the energy in the city was either celebration or bitterness depending on which side you were on.The bar was easy to find. Maybe a little too easy since it was just around the corner of the hockey ring.Music was already spilling out into the street before I even stepped in, loud enough to feel it in my chest. Inside, it was crowded, warm, and full of people trying too hard to forget things. I scanned the room once before I spotted Philip at a table near the back, already waving like he owned the place.I walked over and sat down without saying much.Philip immediately leaned in like he had been waiting all night just to talk.“You missed it,” he said with a grin. “The Falcons are

Darren’s POVI was running through the hospital before I even understood how I got there.One moment Stella was grabbing my arm, telling me my sister had fainted, and the next moment my body had already moved without waiting for my mind. I didn’t even stop to think about my skates. I tore them off somewhere outside the entrance, my fingers shaking so badly I almost dropped them, and I ran inside barefoot like pain meant nothing anymore.It did hurt though.I felt it with every step.The sharp sting under my feet, small cuts opening one after another, warm drops of blood hitting the cold hospital floor, but I kept going anyway because none of it mattered if I was too late.People kept stepping aside as I rushed past them, voices calling after me, nurses asking me to slow down, but everything sounded distant, like I was underwater and the only clear thing in my head was her name.Priscilla.My sister.My only family left in this world.My chest felt tight as I turned another corner too