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8: The Boy Who Smelled Like Fire
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2026-07-27 06:19:30
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THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 9: The Morning After
~ Kaia ~I knew something was wrong before I even opened my eyes.The warmth was still there.Not the dull ache I'd grown used to over the years. Not the manageable pressure that always disappeared after every dose. This was different — pulsing beneath my ribs, slow and steady, like another heartbeat trying to keep time with my own.I lay still, staring at the ceiling.No. That wasn't possible. The pills always worked. Always.I shoved the blanket aside and reached for my jacket hanging over the chair. The white bottle slid into my palm. Two pills. I stared at them for a long moment before tipping one into my hand."This is ridiculous," I muttered, and swallowed it dry.Then I waited. Thirty seconds. One minute. Two.Nothing.The warmth didn't fade. If anything, it spread. I pressed a hand against my chest, willing it to stop."Come on."Nothing.For nineteen years, I'd never questioned these pills. Dad gave them to me. Dad made them. Dad said they were the only thing keeping me alive
THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 8: The Boy Who Smelled Like Fire
~ Van ~Sleep refused to come. I lay on my back, staring at the dark ceiling of my bedroom while snow drifted past the floor-to-ceiling windows, blanketing Crescent Moon Academy in silence.Inside me, my wolf refused to settle.I closed my eyes. Golden eyes. A trembling hand. Heat exploding beneath my fingertips the moment our skin touched on the ice. I'd relived it so many times over the last three days that I could probably describe the exact shade of gold his eyes had gone dark with, and that thought alone should have scared me more than it did.My eyes snapped open again. "Damn it."The clock read 2:17 a.m. I gave up, threw the blanket aside, pulled on a black hoodie, and stepped into the hallway.The Royal House was unusually quiet. Most students lived in ordinary dormitories scattered across campus. The four of us didn't — as heirs to the Alpha throne, we'd been raised inside the Royal House since childhood. It wasn't simply a dorm. It was home. A massive stone fireplace dominat
THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 7: The Unopened Secret
~ Kaia ~I stared at the bottle for a long time. Maybe I was imagining it. Maybe exhaustion was making me paranoid.Slowly, I unscrewed the cap again. Three white pills rolled into my palm. One. Two. Three. I counted them twice. Still three.I picked one up, turning it beneath the desk lamp. Same size. Same color. Same faint chalky smell. Nothing looked different. Nothing *should* have looked different. So why couldn't I stop thinking about it?Dad had always tightened the cap the same way, every single time — clockwise, until the tiny seam lined up with the faded scratch near the bottom. When I was thirteen, I'd asked him why."Because if someone ever opens it—" He'd stopped himself before finishing.I'd laughed. He hadn't.Now, nineteen years later, the seam sat a few millimeters off the mark. Someone had opened it. Very carefully. Very deliberately. And the only person who'd had the bottle was Ryker Pierce.A cold shiver ran through me. Did he know? No — if he knew, he would've ask
THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 6: The Captain's Challenge
~ Kaia ~"We need to talk."My stomach tightened. Had he figured it out? Had he opened the bottle? Did he know?I forced my expression to stay neutral. "Did I do something wrong?""No.""Then—""Walk."Not a request. Not quite an order either. Just one word.I grabbed my room key and followed him into the hallway. The corridors were unusually quiet at dusk, most students already at dinner. Our footsteps echoed against the polished stone. Ryker walked with the same effortless control he showed on the ice — straight back, steady pace, never once looking over his shoulder to check if I was still there. He already knew I would be.After nearly a minute, I couldn't take the silence anymore. "So..."He kept walking. "So?""What exactly are we talking about?""Hockey."I frowned. "Hockey?""Is that disappointing?""No." It was confusing. "I thought—" I stopped myself."You thought what?""Nothing."His mouth twitched. Not quite a smile. More like he'd noticed something amusing. "You think to
THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 5: A Lie Worth Keeping
~ Kaia ~The words caught in my throat. Blackwood Estate. I couldn't say that. Not here. Not to Luca Pierce. The surname was safe — Dad had built the whole disguise around it — but the estate itself was something else. A real place. A place someone could look up, ask around about, connect to a family that wasn't supposed to exist inside these walls."Kai?" Luca tilted his head."We're from—""Pierce."A deep voice cut across the courtyard. Luca sighed dramatically. "Duty calls." He glanced over his shoulder, then back at me, grinning. "Saved by terrible timing.""I'm not complaining.""I noticed." He gave me a lazy salute, already backing away. "We'll continue this conversation later."*Later.* I wasn't sure if that was a promise or a threat.He jogged off toward Ryker, who waited near the stone staircase without so much as glancing my way. I stood there another moment, pulse finally slowing. One question, and I'd nearly destroyed everything. I really needed a better fake hometown.B
THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE 4: The Charming Prince
~ Kaia ~The first thing I felt when I woke up was pain. The second was panic.I shot upright, my hand flying straight to my pocket before I was fully awake. The bottle was still there. Three pills. Still three. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding."You're losing it," I muttered to myself.After yesterday's training, I probably deserved to. Every muscle in my body protested as I climbed out of bed — shoulders aching, thighs burning, even my hands sore from gripping my stick for hours. Ryker Pierce hadn't simply trained me. He'd dismantled me.I caught my reflection in the dorm mirror while buttoning my academy shirt. Dark circles beneath my eyes. Hair tucked carefully beneath my cap. Binder secure. Voice low. Kai Blackwood stared back at me.Good. Kaia could stay hidden a little longer.The morning classes blurred together — Introduction to Supernatural History, Combat Theory, Pack Politics. Apparently every class at Crescent Moon assumed you'd one day be responsible
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