Semua Bab LOVING MR HOCKEY STAR: Bab 161 - Bab 170

Isabella's POV Silence on the other end."Maya?""It's complicated," she said finally. "And it's going to sound insane.""Try me."She took a deep breath and started talking. About her White Luna bloodline. About supernatural factions that wanted to use her power. About Marcus Blackwood not being who he claimed. About extraction teams that wanted to take her to some facility for "study and control."I listened without interrupting, my reporter's notebook filled with details that should have been impossible. But after everything I'd uncovered about Victoria's campaign and the university's complicity, nothing seemed impossible anymore."So you're telling me," I said slowly when she finished, "that underneath the harassment and the university corruption, there's an entire supernatural conspiracy?""Yes.""And people want to kidnap you to study your powers?""Yes.""And your uncle is working with them?""I think so. I don't know who to trust anymore."I looked at Miguel, who'd been listen

Maya's POVI woke up to my phone vibrating so violently it fell off my nightstand. For a moment, I just lay there in the pre-dawn darkness, listening to the constant buzz of notifications. Part of me wanted to ignore it, to pull the covers over my head and pretend the outside world didn't exist.But I'd stopped running. I'd stopped hiding. I picked up my phone and opened social media.The first thing I saw was Isabella's article, shared thousands of times. The comments section had exploded overnight, hundreds of people arguing, supporting, condemning."I always knew there was more to this story. Maya Cross deserves justice.""About time someone exposed Victoria Sterling for the bully she is.""This is what happens when rich families think they can buy anything, including people's reputations.""I was one of the students Victoria paid to spread rumors about Maya. I feel sick about it now. I'm so sorry."That last comment made tears spring to my eyes. Someone who'd actively participated

Maya's POV And stopped dead. The quad wasn't empty anymore. Hundreds of students filled the space, many holding signs. I recognized faces from Isabella's article, students who'd been harassed by Victoria, people who'd come forward with their stories.But there were others too. Students I didn't know. Faculty members. Even some local news crews. Jaxon stood at the front of the crowd, a megaphone in his hand. When he saw me, his expression shifted from determination to concern."Maya!" he called out.The crowd turned to look at me, and I felt the weight of hundreds of eyes.Quinn pushed through the crowd to reach me. "We weren't going to let you face them alone," she said. "When word got out about the emergency meeting, people started gathering. The story's everywhere now, Maya. You're everywhere."I looked at the faces in the crowd. Some I recognized, members of the support group Jaxon had organized, students from my classes, even a few professors who'd been silently supportive. Others

Victoria's POV At 2:55, I positioned myself near Maya's usual study spot. Jeremy had four cameras set up at different angles, one obvious one that everyone could see, and three hidden ones that would capture everything from multiple perspectives.At 3:02, Maya arrived with Quinn and two other students from her support group. She saw me immediately. I watched her expression shift from surprise to wariness.Perfect."Maya," I said, my voice carefully calibrated to sound tentative. "Can we talk? Please?"Maya's friends immediately moved closer, protective. But Maya held up a hand."It's okay," she said. "What do you want, Victoria?""I want to apologize." I forced tears into my eyes, a skill I'd mastered in childhood when I needed to manipulate my parents. "I know you don't believe me, but I never meant for things to go this far. The article, the threats, all of it, I'm so sorry."Maya's expression was unreadable. "You're apologizing now? After everything?""I know it's too late." I took

Maya's POVI almost didn't go to the end-of-year formal. After everything that had happened, Victoria's staged assault attempt, the media frenzy, the constant scrutiny, the last thing I wanted was to put myself in another public situation where things could go wrong. But Quinn had insisted. "You can't let her take this from you too," she'd said while helping me zip up my dress. "You deserve to celebrate surviving this year. You deserve one normal college experience."So here I was, standing in the grand ballroom of the university's event center, wearing a simple navy blue dress that Quinn had lent me. The room was decorated with thousands of fairy lights, creating a canopy of stars overhead. A DJ played in the corner while students danced, laughed, and pretended, for one night, that drama and scandals didn't exist.Jaxon appeared at my side, looking uncomfortable in his suit. "You okay?" he asked."Surprisingly, yes," I admitted. "It feels good to just... be normal for once.""You look