All Chapters of Rejected By My Hockey Alpha: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter 11- The Aftermath

Penelope's POVI stayed in bed for five days now , feeling like someone ripped half my soul away and left me to bleed out slowly.Mom keeps bringing me food I can't taste and tea that might as well be water. "Sweetheart, you need to eat something," she says softly, setting another untouched tray on my nightstand."I'm not hungry," I mumble into my pillow, not bothering to turn over."The rejection pain will fade," she continues, sitting on the edge of my bed. "I know it doesn't feel like it now, but""How would you know?" The words come out sharper than I intend, but I'm too tired to apologize.Mom is quiet for a moment. "Because I was rejected once too," she says finally. "Before I met your father."That gets my attention. I roll over to look at her, surprised by the sadness in her eyes."You were?" I ask, my voice hoarse from crying."His name was James," she says, smoothing my blanket with gentle hands. "Beta's son from a neighboring pack. We t

Chapter 12 - Empty Victory

Timothy's POVAnother engagement party at my family's mansion should be perfect. But it's exhausting how many engagement ceremonies does one need to plan for a marriage that might not even happen?Madison has always been materialistically vain, but wanting to celebrate 3 engagement parties was too much . And my father went along with her idea, saying anything for the woman of the house. Of course Marcus would do anything as long as it benefits him.Here I am having to sit through all this and pretend to be happy once again. But every laugh feels forced, every compliment sounds hollow, and I keep scanning the crowd expecting someone I know would never show up.""You're brooding," Selene says, appearing beside me with a drink in her hand. "At your own engagement party.""I'm not brooding," I lie, taking another sip of whiskey. "I'm socializing.""You're standing in a corner glaring at everyone," my sister says dryly. "That's not socializing, that's intimidating.""Maybe people should be

Chapter 13 - The Escape Plan

Penelope's POVMy phone rings at exactly 7:23 AM, jolting me from the first real sleep I've had in three days. The caller ID shows an unknown number with a Crimson University area code."Hello?" My voice comes out scratchy and raw, like I've been screaming for hours."Is this Penelope Hale?" The voice is crisp. A Male voice. The kind of tone that usually means bad news."Yes." I brace myself for another humiliation somehow leaked beyond pack boundaries."This is Coach Reeves from Crimson University's hockey program. I have some footage here that I think you'll find interesting." There's something warm in his voice now, almost excited.My stomach drops like a stone. More humiliation videos. "I'm not interested in""It's of you playing hockey," he interrupts gently. "And frankly, Miss Hale, it's some of the most impressive skating I've seen from an unrecruited player."I sit up so fast my head spins, the room tilting dangerously. "I'm sorry, what?""Someone sent me security footage from

Chapter 14 - New Me

Penelope's POVFuck you, Timothy. Fuck you, Frostfang Pack.I stare at myself in the bathroom mirror, my reflection blotchy and swollen from all the days of crying. My eyes are red, my hair's a mess, and I look like exactly what everyone thinks I am pathetic.But I'm done with that."Finally," Lyra says in my head, her voice sharp with approval. "I was wondering when you'd get angry instead of just sad."I splash cold water on my face and make a decision. If Timothy Blackthorn wants to treat me like I'm nothing, fine. But I'm not going to stay for nothing."You're right," I tell my reflection, gripping the sink edge. "Time for a change."The money Mom gave me for "emergencies" is sitting in my dresser drawer. Three hundred dollars she saved from tips at the diner. Plus the two hundred I've been saving from my part-time job at the grocery store. It's not much, but it's enough to start."What are you planning?" Lyra asks, suddenly suspicious."A makeover," I say, grabbing my purse with

Chapter 15 - She's Gone

Timothy's POVThe news hits me like a slapshot to the chest three days after our third engagement party."She transferred," Ethan says, dropping onto the couch in my apartment like he's delivering a death sentence. His usual easy smile is nowhere to be found.I freeze with my coffee cup halfway to my mouth, the ceramic suddenly feeling too heavy. "Gone where?" I ask, my voice barely steady."Crimson University. Full scholarship, apparently," he replies, watching my face carefully, probably cataloging every micro-expression like he's studying game footage. "Hockey scholarship.""Hockey?" The word comes out strangled, like someone just punched the air from my lungs. "She doesn't play hockey," I protest weakly."Apparently she does," Ethan says, pulling out his phone and showing me a grainy video, his expression unreadable. "Someone caught her at the community rink. Tim, she's good. Really good."The footage shows a figure in oversized gear moving across the ice like liquid mercury. Even

Chapter 16 - New Beginnings

Penelope's POVCrimson University is everything Frostfang wasn't sprawling, diverse, alive with possibilities I never knew existed.My dorm room might be tiny, but it's mine. Actually mine. No shared space with pack housing politics, no thin walls where everyone can hear your business, no constant reminders of where you rank in the social hierarchy."Oh my god, you're here!" A hurricane of red curls and boundless energy explodes through the door, arms full of shopping bags and what appears to be a small potted plant. Her voice carries the breathless excitement of someone who's been waiting for this moment all day. "I'm Isla, your roommate, and we're going to be best friends."I blink at her enthusiasm, then break into the first genuine smile I've had in days. The muscles in my face feel rusty from disuse. "Isla, what are you doing here?""What do you think I'm doing here?" She drops her bags dramatically with a theatrical flourish and puts her hands on her hips in mock indignation. "Y

Chapter 17 - Hollow Victories

Timothy's POVAnother night, another meaningless hookup that leaves me feeling more empty than before.This time it's Jessica, Delta's daughter who's been chasing me since high school graduation. She's beautiful in the conventional way: long legs, perfect curves, blonde hair that catches the light just right. Everything I should want in a woman.As she straddles me in my apartment, whispering about how lucky she feels, all I can think about is what I'm trying desperately to forget. The mechanical movements, the fake pleasure, the immediate emptiness that follows it's all becoming routine, like brushing my teeth or checking my email.My apartment stinks of Jessica’s jasmine perfume and our sweat. Her lips brush my neck. “You’re incredible,” she whispers. Her fingers glide over my chest, nails digging in lightly as I grunt, faking interest, but my mind’s six hours away, with a golden-haired girl unpacking in a new city, her laugh fading from me.Jessica straddles me, thighs locked tigh

Chapter 18 - Making the Team

Penelope's POVTryouts are everything I expected and nothing I prepared for.Coach Martinez doesn't believe in easing players into the program. Within the first hour, she has us running drills that would make professional athletes weep. She's a small woman with dark hair and eyes that miss nothing, skating between us ."Hale!" she barks, stopping in front of me as I finish a passing drill. "You're favoring your right side. Fix it or sit down."I nod and adjust my stance, grateful that she's treating me like any other player instead of the charity case I sometimes feel like.The scrimmage portion is where things get interesting.I'm assigned to the white jerseys, playing against girls who've been on varsity since freshman year. These aren't community rink players these are athletes who've been getting proper coaching since they could walk, who summer at elite hockey camps, whose parents could afford private lessons and top-tier equipment.For the first few minutes, I focus on not embar

Chapter 19 - Playing the Game

Penelope's POVThe coffee is warm in my hands as Liam and I walk across campus toward the athletic complex. The sun is setting, casting shadows between the buildings, and I can't stop thinking about what Isla said earlier.Date other people, have sex.I steal a glance at Liam walking beside me. He's not bad looking. Actually, he's really not bad looking. Tall, broad shoulders from years of hockey, and those brown eyes that actually focus when he talks to you. Plus, he remembered me from back home and brought me coffee twice without being asked.What harm would there be in shooting my shot at him?But then I catch myself. Earth to Penelope, don't be so easily cheap. Remember how you got rejected in the first place. Timothy probably saw me as desperate, too available, too eager to please.I need to play this game all nice and smooth this time. Because it seems like good girls always come last."You're quiet," Liam says, holding the door to the athletic building open for me. "Having sec

Chapter 20 - The Fool's Gift

Liam's POVI'm heading back to my dorm after walking Penelope home when the secret I've been carrying hits me like a slap shot to the chest.I was the one who took the video. Hell, I was the one who posted it online.Not the rejection video. Everyone saw that disaster. I'm talking about the hockey video. The one of her skating at the community rink, pulling off moves that would make varsity players jealous. The one that somehow ended up in front of college scouts.She has no idea I'm the reason she got those scholarship offers.I'd been watching her practice for months at that rink back home. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, she'd show up alone with secondhand equipment and skate like her life depended on it. Better than half the guys on Timothy's precious team, and she was doing it with gear that should have been retired years ago.The night I filmed her, she scored three goals on an empty net from impossible angles, then practiced defensive moves until the rink manager kicked her

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