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Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Nine
Knox's POV I shouldn't be here. I have no reason to be on this side of campus. My classes are done for the day. Practice doesn't start for another two hours. I should be at my apartment, resting, trying to conserve what little energy I have left.But my feet carried me here anyway. To the gardens, to places where I might catch a glimpse of her.Pathetic! That's what I've become. Pathetic and desperate.‘I need to see her, just to know she's okay.’ Nyx's voice is barely a whisper in my mind. So weak I have to strain to hear it. ‘She's fine,’ I mutter under my breath, leaning against a tree at the edge of the garden.But I don't know if that's true. Through the bond, I feel her pain constantly. The ache in her chest that mirrors my own. The confusion. The hurt I caused.It's literally killing me. I've lost twelve pounds in the past week. I can't keep food down, can't sleep without dreaming of her, can't function like a normal person.Ronan benched me yesterday. He said I looked like
Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Eight
Cassie's POVThe apartment is quiet when I get back. Maya is at dance practice, which means I have the place to myself for a few hours. Normally, the silence would make the ache in my chest worse, it would give me too much space to think, to remember, to hurt.But today, it feels... manageable.I drop my bag by the door and head to the kitchen, filling a glass with water. My reflection in the microwave door shows someone who looks slightly less destroyed than she did this morning.Adrian's kindness did that. The unexpected gentleness, the way he checked on me without making me explain, or pushing for details I can't give.It was nice having someone care without strings attached.I carry my water to the room and settle at my desk, pulling out the anatomy textbook I've been neglecting for days. The cardiovascular system chapter still needs to be finished. I have an exam next week that I'm completely unprepared for.Time to get back to normal. Or at least pretend to. I flip open the text
Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Seven
Adrian's POV Cassie sits alone on a bench near the gardens in the college, hunched over a textbook she's clearly not reading. Even from this distance, I can see the exhaustion radiating from her. The way her shoulders curve inward like she's trying to make herself smaller and invisible. She looks worse than she looked days ago when I saw her. My feet stop moving before my brain catches up. I should keep walking, mind my own business. I already did more than I should have by warning her, by giving her my emergency number.Getting more involved is stupid, even dangerous. But the guilt sitting in my chest since that night won't let me walk away.I'm the one who drugged her. Yeah, I switched out Lizzy's poison for something less dangerous, but I still set events in motion that clearly ended badly for her. And now she's sitting here looking like someone shattered her into pieces.Before I can talk myself out of it, I'm walking toward her.She doesn't notice me at first. She's too lost i
Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Six
Knox's POV The puck slips past my stick for the third time this practice.“Knox fucking Black! Focus!” Ronan's voice cuts across the ice.I nod, skating to retrieve it. But my legs feel heavier than they should. Like I'm moving through water instead of gliding across ice.‘Tired,’ Nyx murmurs weakly in my mind. His voice has gotten quieter over the past few days. Less demanding. More... faded.‘I know.’ I grip my stick tighter, trying to push through.Practice drags on. Each drill feels like a marathon. My breathing comes harder, sharper. Sweat drips down my back despite the cold.This isn't normal. I know it's not.But I can't stop. I can't show weakness. The championship is in a few weeks and I need to—Pain pierces through my chest, sharp and sudden. I stumble, catching myself on my stick before I fall.Not my pain. Hers.Cassie.Through the bond, I feel it. The ache in her chest. The tightness. The constant pull that won't let her rest.She's suffering. And I can feel every seco
Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Five
Cassie's POV “Come on, Cass. Just a few hours.”Maya stands in the doorway, arms crossed, determination written across her face. She's been trying to get me out of the apartment all day.“I don't feel like going out.” My voice sounds hollow even to my own ears.“Which is exactly why you need to.” She sits on the edge of the bed. “You've been in this room for two days. You need fresh air, distraction, anything other than staring at these four walls.”I want to argue. I want to tell her to leave me alone. But the concern in her golden green eyes makes the refusal die in my throat.“Just a bar. Nothing crazy. We will have a drink, talk, maybe shoot some pool.” Her voice softens. “Please? I hate seeing you like this.”The worst part is she genuinely cares. And I'm still yet to tell her why I'm falling apart. I can't explain that her brother broke my heart.“Okay,” I say softly. “Just for a little while.”Maya's face lights up. “Great! Wear something cute. We leave in an hour.”****I pu
Falling For The Alpha Hockey Player. Chapter Eighty Four
Maya's POV I make it three blocks from Knox's car before the tears come again. Not the angry tears I cried in front of him. This is different, heavier, born from a grief so deep I can barely breathe through it.I find a bench near the campus gardens and collapse onto it, burying my face in my hands.I knew. God, I knew from the beginning.When Cassie started talking about a mystery guy, blushing and smiling in ways I'd never seen before, I suspected. The timing was too perfect. Knox found out she was his mate. Cassie suddenly had a secret boyfriend she wouldn't name.But I didn't have proof. And some part of me hoped I was wrong, that Knox would keep his distance, protect Cassie by staying away from her even if he can't reject her for reasons I can't fathom. Instead, he did exactly what I was afraid of. He pulled her in, made her care, made her fall for him.And now she's paying the price for loving someone from our world.Fresh sobs tear through me. I press my hand over my mouth, t
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