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Chapter Thirteen: The Alliance

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
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Coach Bradley's POV

"Turn that garbage off."

I grabbed the remote from my desk and switched off the television that had been playing nonstop coverage of the "Sterling Hawks Conspiracy" for the past hour. The sight of Richard Sterling's smug face defending his precious organization made my stomach turn, but it was the mention of his daughter that really caught my attention.

Ophelia Sterling. The mystery woman who had been hiding in plain sight for three years.

I'd been coaching the Chicago Storm for fifteen years, and in all that time, there was one thing that had driven me to the edge of madness: watching the Sterling Hawks win championship after championship while my team struggled to even make the playoffs. Richard Sterling had built a dynasty that seemed untouchable, and every year I watched his team celebrate while mine went home empty-handed.

But now, for the first time in my career, I was seeing cracks in the Sterling empire. And I intended to make those cracks into chasms.

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