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Ah... Shit

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Noah’s mind was beginning to spiral so he forced himself to breathe slowly. One, two. In and out. But the black cloth over his head was pressing against his mouth every time he breathed, dampening the air, trapping the heat of it against his skin. His hands were bound tight behind his back, the restraint biting into his wrists, and every time the car shifted, he was thrown slightly off balance in the seat. He lost count of the turns somewhere between the third hard left and the stretch of road w
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  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Holding Back

    The night had settled over Ann Arbor in cold sheets of rain by the time the hockey team bus rolled back onto campus on Sunday. The away game had been brutal from the first puck drop and everybody looked it. Shoulders sagged beneath exhaustion, and even the louder players kept conversation short as they unloaded equipment outside Yost.Noah was the last to step off the bus. His body ached, his jaw still hurt from a hit he had taken in the second period, and exhaustion sat deep in his bones after the nonstop week he had survived between hockey, classes and trying to sell cocaine to rich college kids while pretending his life was not collapsing behind the scenes.And Justin. That part still sat somewhere sharp inside him.He adjusted the strap of his bag over his shoulder and started toward the arena entrance when a black SUV pulled slowly to the curb. He stopped walking immediately and the passenger window lowered halfway. One of Adrian’s men sat inside.“Mr. Voss wants to see you.”Noa

  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Voicemail

    Noah got to Detroit a little after four in the afternoon, exhausted. The constant noise in his own head from hockey, Adrian, Chase and the drugs under his bed back at South Quad felt tangled together now, impossible to separate cleanly anymore. But through all of it, one thing had stayed at the back of his mind. Justin. He had not heard from him in days.At first, he had not thought much of it, Justin disappeared sometimes. He would vanish for a day or two, turn his phone off, then casually come back with food and some lazy excuse like nothing had happened. Noah had learned not to push too hard because Justin hated feeling cornered, but this felt different.The texts had stopped delivering two days ago, the calls rang endlessly before dropping, and now, standing outside the apartment building with the spare key cold in his palm, he felt something in his chest tighten before he even stepped inside. He unlocked the apartment door and stepped inside while raising his phone to his ear. Ju

  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Riled Up

    “Off the ice!”Tuesday morning training ended with the sharp scream of Coach Jenkins’ whistle cutting across the rink. The team began peeling away immediately, skates carving toward the benches while sticks clattered against the boards. The cold still clung to Noah’s skin beneath his gear, sweat cooling too fast in the arena air as he pulled off his gloves.“Get ready your playbooks,” Jenkins added loudly. “Bus leaves at twelve sharp Thursday, and if any of you idiots embarrass me at the hotel, I’ll make you skate suicides until your lungs collapse.”Noah stepped off the ice more slowly than the others. His legs ached from practice, his shoulders tight beneath his pads, but his mind wasn’t on hockey right now. It hadn’t been on hockey for days. The countdown Adrian had given him to sell off the drugs was sitting over his head like a loaded weapon.He stripped off his helmet and walked toward Coach Jenkins, who was already flipping through notes near the boards.“Coach. You got a minut

  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Selling

    A hand slammed onto his shoulder. Hard. Before Noah could react, he was yanked backward and shoved violently against the wall beside the hallway. The impact knocked the breath from his lungs and his head snapped up instantly. Chase.Noah rolled his eyes immediately, even as his heart kicked hard again for a completely different reason. “Seriously?” he muttered.The music pounded around them but somehow the space between them felt strangely isolated, cut off from the rest of the party. Chase stood too close, one hand braced beside Noah’s head against the wall, the other still gripping his shoulder tightly. His dark button-up sleeves were rolled to his forearms and Noah could smell alcohol beneath the sharper scent of expensive cologne.Chase’s eyes burned into him. “What the fuck are you doing here?”Noah rolled his eyes despite the adrenaline surging through him. “Nice to see you too, princess.”Chase didn’t smile; if anything, his expression was darker than usual and sharper. “You th

  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Sigma House

    The dorm room felt too small. Not physically, South Quad was spacious enough for what it was, but the air felt tighter, and heavier, like it had settled around Noah’s shoulders and refused to lift.“Yo.” Reid came into the dorm like a storm with too much energy and nowhere to put it. The door slammed open hard enough to shake the frame and Noah looked up from where he sat at his desk, immediately shoving the small plastic wraps deeper beneath a folded hoodie inside his drawer before Reid could notice.“You good?” he asked.Noah blinked, dragged back into the room. He ran a hand over his face. “Yeah.” “You look guilty as hell,” Reid said, tossing his backpack onto his bed. “You’ve been staring at your wall.”“Thinking.” Noah said with a huff, then shut the drawer calmly. “You always enter rooms like you’re being chased?”Reid ignored that completely. His blond hair was damp from the showers at Yost and he was grinning in a way that usually meant trouble. “There’s a party tonight,” he

  • Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice   Carrying Fear

    “None of your damn business, now give it back,” Noah said and yanked harder this time. Chase let go suddenly, and Noah nearly stumbled backward.“Relax, Heyes. You look nervous,” Chase said softly, a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth. “Like you’ve got something incriminating in there.”Noah’s gaze flickered to Chase’s briefly before he looked away, anger and a hint of fear flaring in his eyes. “Do you show this much concern for all your teammates, Captain?” he asked rhetorically as he tried to shove past Chase. “Move.”Chase reacted fast and grabbed his wrist before he could walk away. Not hard, just enough, and that caused Noah to still. He looked down at the hand, then back up.“Let go, Chase. I really cannot deal with any of your bullshit right now.”But Chase didn’t let go immediately, didn’t tighten his grip either; he just held it there like he’d forgotten why he’d done it in the first place, then he released him like it didn’t matter.“Don’t walk away when I’m talking.”

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