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CHAPTER 55: The Weight of Defeat

Author: Vee Okon
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-30 03:47:01

Jace’s POV

The last time I cried this way was when my mother left without a trace. I had been a kid then, curled up in bed with swollen eyes, refusing food, refusing comfort, refusing to face the world. It felt the same now, except I wasn’t twelve anymore, and the world wasn’t forgiving me for being broken.

I lay sprawled across my bed in my penthouse, curtains drawn, half-dressed in yesterday’s clothes. My phone buzzed endlessly on the nightstand, each vibration pulling me closer to the thing I dreaded most. I tried to ignore it, but shame had a way of clawing at you until you bled. Finally, with trembling fingers, I grabbed it and unlocked the screen.

The blogs were everywhere… ESPN, The Athletic, Bleacher Report, and fan sites I’d never heard of before. My name was trending on Twitter and Instagram, but not for the reasons it used to. Not because of a hat trick, not because of my million-dollar smile on a billboard, not even because of the Timberwolves being on fire. No. It was all
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