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Simpleton

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POV: Dual, Khyle and Gunner

Twenty more minutes of the basics and Gunner was bitching in Khyle's ear like it was his personal confessional as they photo-finished yet another race down the ice and swung around the back of the net. They were both annoyed to find themselves in yet another tie.

Tying was not winning.

"I thought he was supposed to have some sort of black belt in coaching," Gunner groused as he glared darkly across the empty stretch of ice that lay between them and the bench where th
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