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chapter 10

Auteur: Deenah writes
last update Date de publication: 2026-06-18 07:00:38

The second that burner phone started buzzing in my pocket during a late night at the arena I knew it could blow the whole season wide open if I did not handle it right.

I had lifted it clean from the assistant GM's locker area after seeing him hide it during a shady huddle. No eyes on me. Now I sat across from Jax in this greasy coffee shop on the bad side of Toronto. Rain hammered the big windows and turned the street outside into a blur. The kid was nineteen with messy blond hair u
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