AriaThe rink was loud and deafening and I was definitely regretting leaving my dorm room right now.But still, I was here. Might as well just suck it all up.The sound of skates cutting across the frozen surface sliced through the air like a blade, layered with the chaotic symphony of shouting voices, shrill whistles, and the dull, heavy thud of padded bodies colliding along the boards.I leaned forward in my seat, my fingers curling tightly around the cold edge of the metal railing as my eyes tracked the frantic, blurred motion on the ice.Something was wrong.I didn't know how hockey worked well enough to give it a proper name for what was happening right now, but I could feel the shift in the atmosphere deep in my bones.The tension had changed, turning the game into something jagged and uneven, like a beautiful song suddenly played at a jarring, frantic speed.Down on the ice, a fight broke out near the blue line.It wasn't a full-blown brawl, well at least not yet, but it was e
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