FAZER LOGINChapter 88: Fantasies Shared
The first night in the new apartment felt like stepping into a gilded cage.The luxury space was perfect on the surface — open-plan living area with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city lights, a sleek kitchen, and a bedroom that looked like it belonged in a magazine. But the syndicate had made sure we knew we were never alone. Red lights blinked from multiple cameras. Hidden devices hummed faintly if you listened closely. Every corner wChapter 95: Protecting AlliesThe threat to Maren’s career arrived like a shadow falling over everything we had built.**Unknown Number:** Your physiotherapist is asking dangerous questions. Handle her or we handle her career permanently. The announcement is in two days. Do not test us.Callan read the message with cold fury, his hand tightening on my shoulder. The link carried his protective rage straight to me, mixing with my own fear for Maren — the one person who had offered genuine, compassionate support without demanding anything in return.“We can’t let them destroy her,” I said quietly. “She’s risked everything to help us.”Callan nodded, jaw set. “We protect our allies. That’s how we win this.”The next hours became a frantic effort to shield Maren while the syndicate tightened the noose.We met with the core group in the hidden storage room — Tate, Beck, Maren, and Elodie. The atmosphere was tense, the air thic
Chapter 94: Medical Red FlagsMaren Emerson looked exhausted but determined as she closed the door to the small private exam room in the arena’s medical wing.She had pulled Callan and me aside immediately after the morning skate, her expression grave. The latest bloodwork results were spread across the table in front of her.“I can’t ignore this anymore,” she said quietly. “Brooks, your bloodwork shows significant abnormalities. Elevated stress markers, neurotransmitter imbalances, signs of cumulative neurological strain. The experimental drugs are causing progressive damage. The shared bruises, the collapse in net, the panic attacks — it’s all connected. If you keep taking them, the effects could become permanent.”Callan’s hand tightened on my shoulder. Through the link, I felt his cold fury and deep fear.Maren continued, voice steady but urgent. “I’ve cross-referenced what I can without raising too many flags. These compounds are not
Chapter 93: CollapseThe home game against a conference rival was supposed to be a statement win.Instead, it became the moment everything nearly unraveled.The arena was packed, the crowd loud and expectant after the recent headlines and the upcoming public announcement. Cameras were everywhere — league broadcasters, fan phones, the syndicate’s hidden feeds. The pressure was suffocating.Callan and I had barely slept. The shared dreams the night before had been particularly vivid — a life without surveillance, without the one-month (now five-day) deadline, without my father’s shadow. Waking up in the monitored apartment had left us both raw.The link was unstable from the latest dose.During warm-ups, every brush of Callan’s presence sent sparks through me. By the first period, the bleed was uncontrollable.A hard hit on Callan in the corner sent a wave of pain and possessive heat through the link. My glove twitched. I
Chapter 92: CountdownFive days.The syndicate had moved the public announcement up again. The message had been clear and final:**Unknown Number:** The coming-out announcement is this weekend. A press conference followed by a joint interview. Sell the perfect love story. Make the world believe it. Fail, and we release the full collection — every tape, every private moment, every tear.The countdown was on.The luxury apartment felt smaller with every passing hour. The cameras and listening devices were constant companions, watching our every move as we tried to prepare for the forced public declaration of our relationship.Callan and I sat on the couch in the living room, the city lights glittering mockingly outside the windows. The latest shared dream from the night before still lingered — a peaceful life in a small house with a backyard rink, no surveillance, no deadline. Waking up to reality had been painful.“We nee
Chapter 91: Betrayal FearThe hidden truth Callan had revealed festered like an open wound.I couldn’t stop thinking about it — the split-second temptation. The moment where freedom from the syndicate, from the drugs, from the constant surveillance had looked appealing enough for him to hesitate. Even though he had refused, the knowledge that he had considered walking away left me feeling raw and exposed.The emotional pain through the link was worse than any physical injury the drugs had ever transferred.It was a deep, hollow ache that settled in my chest and refused to leave. Every time I looked at Callan, I felt it — the fear that I was still the rookie he could discard when things got too hard. The anxiety that our love was built on sand, ready to wash away the moment a better offer came.Callan felt every ounce of my pain.He tried to bridge the gap immediately.In the monitored apartment, he pulled me into his arm
Chapter 90: Hidden TruthThe silence after Callan’s confession was worse than any fight we had ever had.I stood on the opposite side of the apartment, the city lights mocking us through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The hidden cameras and listening devices suddenly felt louder than ever, as if the syndicate was laughing at our pain.“You were tempted,” I said, voice barely above a whisper. The words tasted like ash. “Even for a second. You thought about walking away. Leaving me to them.”Callan looked wrecked. His shoulders were slumped, eyes haunted. The strong captain who had carried us through so much was barely holding himself together.“It wasn’t because I don’t love you,” he said hoarsely. “It was because I’m exhausted. Because I hate watching you break every day. Because the thought of you finally being free from your father, from the drugs, from me… it was tempting for one split second. Then I remembered what we have. What you me







