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Chapter 28: The Father Who Never Left
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The voice coming through the speakers made Eli’s blood run cold. He stood behind Adrian, fingers white-knuckled as he gripped the back of his jacket, staring up at the giant scoreboard. Richard Daniels had been the man who taught Adrian how to skate, how to fight for the puck, and how to captain Blackthorn’s hockey team. Now, that same man was calmly announcing that one of them deserved to die. Adrian turned toward Alexander, his eyes locking onto the gun in his hand. "Put that thing down." Alexander didn't flinch. "Not until we know who's waiting outside." "You're carrying a firearm inside a university athletic facility," Adrian countered, step-by-step backing him down. "Do you honestly expect me to believe you're here to protect us?" Alexander’s jaw tightened. "I didn't bring it for you." Eli stepped out from behind Adrian, his voice trembling but firm. "Then who did you bring it for?" "The person who has been following me for the past three months," Alexander said, no
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Adrian drove toward Blackthorn University, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. Neither of them spoke for several miles. Eli stared out the passenger window, watching the neon signs and passing cars blur together as his mind raced. Finally, Eli broke the silence. "Does that name mean anything to you?" Adrian shook his head, his profile rigid. "No. I've never heard of an Alexander in the family." "Maybe he was hidden from you, too." "It's possible." Eli glanced down at the original photo resting on his lap. "Your family has built a empire out of secrets." Adrian let out a dark, humorless chuckle. "Turns out being a Cross comes with an inheritance of lies." Despite the knot of anxiety in his chest, Eli felt a ghost of a smile touch his lips. Then, Adrian’s phone buzzed violently on the center console. Mason. Adrian hit the speaker button immediately. "Where are you?" "At the university," Mason’s voice came through, strained and breathless. "Why? What's going
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Eli read the message again, hoping the words would magically alter if he stared long enough. His fingers tightened around his phone as a cold, heavy knot formed in his chest. The third son is already at Blackthorn. Someone was watching them. Someone knew about the photograph. And whoever was pulling the strings seemed to know the intimate details of their lives far better than they did. Beside him, Adrian examined the photograph of the two newborns. His usual calm had hardened into a sharp, unreadable focus, his thumb tracing the handwritten identification number on the back over and over again. "Show me the text again." Eli handed over the phone. Adrian read it silently, his dark eyes flickering before he turned toward the door of the hospital room. "Your father said there were three babies. Now someone is telling us the third one is at Blackthorn." "What if it’s a trap? Another game?" "Then we find out who’s playing it." Eli dragged a hand down his face, rubbing hi
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The elevator chimed, opening onto the third floor. The floor nurse led them down a carpeted hallway, stopping outside a heavy wooden door labeled 309. "Keep it brief," she instructed softly. "And please don't wake him if he's resting." Eli nodded, though he barely registered her words. His palm was slick with sweat as he turned the handle and pushed the door open. The room was bathed in dim, ambient light. A heart monitor ticked rhythmic, quiet life into the space, and a stainless-steel tray held sterile medical supplies. A figure lay motionless under a white sheet, his face turned toward the dark window. Eli took a slow step forward. The air felt heavy, almost suffocating. It really was him. The sharp line of his jaw, the dark hair silvering at the temples, the faint, jagged scar tucked just above his left eyebrow the exact mark Eli had spent hours staring at in the single framed photograph Miriam kept hidden in her closet. His father. Eli approached the bedside, his
The Hockey Captain Secret Crush Chapter 28: The Father Who Never Left
Eli stared at the screen until the light burned into his eyes. The man in the hospital bed was unmistakably Daniel Parker the father he had spent most of his life believing was dead, or lost in some unreachable shadow of his past. He looked hollowed out, his face thinner than in the few faded childhood photographs Eli possessed. A stark white bandage wrapped around his forehead, dark blood seeping through the layers. Yet it was the text beneath the image that made Eli’s blood turn to ice. YOUR FATHER IS ALIVE, ELI. AND HE HAS BEEN WATCHING YOU SINCE THE DAY YOU WERE BORN. Eli’s knuckles turned white around the frame of his phone. "Adrian." Adrian shot him a brief glance from behind the wheel, his instinct immediately picking up on the sudden shift in Eli's breathing. "What happened?" Eli turned the glowing screen toward him. Adrian’s gaze flicked over, taking in the photograph. His hands tightened on the steering wheel until his joints locked. For several agonizing second
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The gunshot shattered the tense silence of the room. Eli flinched as Daniel Cross threw himself between Richard and the others. The bullet struck Daniel’s shoulder, sending him crashing hard against the wooden bedroom door. His hand flew instantly to the wound, and a sharp, ragged groan escaped his lips as dark blood began to bloom across his shirt. “Daniel!” Miriam cried, lunging forward, but Richard whipped the gun back around. “Nobody moves!” Instantly, Adrian grabbed Eli’s arm, hauling him behind his broad frame. Adrian’s heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, his eyes locked on the barrel of Richard’s weapon. “Put the gun down, Coach,” Adrian warned, his voice tight. Richard let out a bitter, humorless laugh. “Still calling me Coach? After everything you’ve uncovered?” “You’re pointing a gun at my family,” Adrian said, refusing to back down. “Whatever warped history is between us, this doesn’t have to end in blood.” “Your family?” Richard repeated, his f
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