SARAHThe ball didn’t hit me.It should’ve.I braced for it, felt the air shift, felt my breath freeze—But it never touched me.Instead, a hand—large, veined, strong—closed around it like it weighed nothing.Xavier.Up close, he didn’t even look real. Snowflakes clung to the dark strands of hair falling over his forehead. His chest still rose and fell from the game, his jersey tugged tight across muscles hockey shouldn’t legally be allowed to build.His eyes cut to the bully trio, cold as the ice behind him.“Touch her again,” he said, voice low and lethal, “and you’ll regret ever being born.”Jessica’s smirk collapsed instantly.Mara swallowed hard.Ally stepped back like he was a wild animal.Funny. Henry had called him a monster minutes ago.Now I was seeing exactly what that meant.Then, as if on cue, the girls snapped out of their fear and flipped instantly into fangirl mode.“Oh my God, Xavier, you were incredible today,” Jessica gushed, twirling her hair so hard I thought she’
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