Semua Bab FATED TO THE HOCKEY STARS: Bab 11 - Bab 13

Anna POVThe first thing I noticed after the final buzzer wasn’t the cheering.It was Enid.She stood up so abruptly that her seat snapped back with a sharp crack, the sound swallowed instantly by the roaring stadium. Her face was blotchy, eyes glassy and wild, makeup smeared like she’d been crying longer than anyone realized. She wasn’t screaming anymore. She wasn’t posturing.She was breaking.I watched her clutch her coat around herself as if she were cold, even though the stadium was overheated with bodies and noise and triumph. Her gaze flicked once—just once—toward the ice, toward Ryder, toward me.The look in her eyes wasn’t hatred.It was devastation.She turned and pushed through the crowd, shoulders shaking, knocking into people who barely noticed her. No one stopped her. No one followed. The cameras didn’t care.Not anymore.“Anna?” Henry’s voice reached me gently. “You okay?”I nodded, though my chest felt tight, crowded with too many emotions pressing against my ribs. Gui

Anna’s POVThe celebration didn’t end all at once.It faded.Like music turned down slowly instead of cut off—voices lowering, laughter stretching wider but quieter, energy melting into something warm and heavy. The locker room had emptied, the team scattering into smaller groups, some heading out, some lingering with tired smiles and flushed faces.I sat on the edge of a bench, Liam’s jacket still wrapped around me, watching the brothers talk among themselves a few feet away.Kyle leaned against a locker, phone in hand, probably texting someone he absolutely shouldn’t be texting at this hour. Tyler stood with his arms folded, posture relaxed but alert, eyes flicking occasionally toward the door. Henry sat on another bench, towel draped over his shoulders, his gaze thoughtful. Liam stood at the center of them all, effortless as ever, like gravity bent toward him naturally.They looked… whole.Together.And somehow, impossibly, I had been folded into that picture tonight.“Ready?” Liam