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Losing It

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Kade’s POV

The shift in the crowd’s energy is immediate, a ripple of shock that spreads so fast it warps the entire atmosphere of the arena. It’s not the usual reaction to a fight or a bad call. It’s something else. Something that twists in my gut before I even see what the fuck they’re reacting to.

I skate toward the bench, fast, focused, but the way my teammates aren’t talking, the way the entire fucking arena is staring up at the Jumbotron, that makes my stomach lurch. The murmurs start low, but then they build, overlapping, pressing in from all sides.

“Tell me that’s fake.”

“No fucking way.”

“That’s Mercer and Rook?”

I snap my head up, and the second my eyes land on the screen, my entire body locks up.

It’s me and him.

Plastered across the massive fucking screen for thousands to see. Crystal clear, high-resolution proof of something that was never supposed to be public. A shot of Rook pressing me against my mom’s trailer, his hands gripping me in a way that leaves no room for doub
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