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Chapter Forty-Nine - Team Building

Author: Mia Katy
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Chapter Forty-Nine - Team Building

"Alright, listen up!" Coach Ellery's voice booms across the field loud enough to startle half the camp out of their post-breakfast food comas. "Today we're doing something a little different. Trust exercises. Team bonding. Building the kind of chemistry that wins championships."

A collective groan rises from both the hockey team and the cheer squad, gathered in a loose, sleepy cluster near the lake.

"I heard that groaning," Coach Ellery says, unbothered. "You'
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