All Chapters of Saved, Then Rejected by my Ice Hockey Mate : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

92 Chapters

41 - Stubborn as Stone

Aya's POV Johanis should not be upright.That is the only coherent thought my brain manages as he shifts his weight off the edge of the clinic bed and immediately sways like a tower that’s decided gravity is optional. Mika’s hand shoots out on instinct, fingers digging into his arm.“Absolutely not, young master.” she says flatly.“I’m fine,” Johanis replies, which would be more convincing if his knees weren’t visibly trembling. “We need to go. Now.”“Go where?” I demand, stepping closer without even realizing it.“The principal’s office,” he says, as if that explains everything. “As soon as possible.”My heart skips. “What? Now?”Had he finally gone mad?“Yes.”Mika stares at him like she’s debating whether healing magic can be legally repurposed into a sedative dart. “You were on fire less than an hour ago.”“And?” he counters.“And,” she says slowly, “..your side looks like it lost a duel with a cursed forge.”He ignores her entirely and reaches for me instead. For half a terrifyi

42 - Smoke without Fire

Aya's POV The principal arrives like a storm that doesn’t bother knocking. The clinic door opens with a sharp crack, and the air seems to change immediately—thicker, heavier, like every molecule is bracing itself. Principal Reed steps inside with his hands clasped behind his back, posture rigid, eyes already scanning the room with unsettling precision.His gaze lands on Johanis.He pauses.Then his brow lifts, just slightly. “You really had the guts to summon me, young man?”Johanis doesn’t even flinch nor blink. Even half-broken, seated on the edge of a clinic bed with burn marks still faintly glowing under Mika’s healing salves, he somehow manages to look composed. Respectful, yes but still dangerous. He never lets his guard down.“I do apologize if I have offended you, Principal Reed,” Johanis says evenly. “But please keep in mind—this was no accident.”The principal exhales through his nose, unimpressed. “You think we’re a bunch of idiots? Of course we know that.”Coach steps in

43 - Thinned Ties

Aya's POVThree days have passed. That’s all it takes for Woodhill to pretend nothing happened.The ice rink stands whole again—perfectly smooth, gleaming under the high lights. I recall the faint shimmer of restoration magic from Elder Odin and the other professors still humming in the air like a held breath. Wards stitched back into the bones of the structure. Reinforced runes humming under the ice. Even the scorch marks have been erased so thoroughly it’s as if the fire never existed.As if I never stood there with flames rushing toward me. As if Johanis never burned to protect me. Almost revealing his identity in the process..But I was simply amazed at the fact that the university works fast when it wants to. And right now, they want tonight’s unofficial scrimmage against Hillia Academy to happen without a hitch. So Johanis and the others are currently there to practice hard.I understand all that.. But I swear to the Moon Goddess—I want to smack them all!Hard.Because while th

44 - Rink Summons

“The audacity of you!” one of them snaps, stepping so close I can smell the artificial sweetness of her perfume. Ugh, geez. This is obviously them trying so hard to make their pheromones smell.Her eyes rake over me like I’ve personally offended the concept of their own hierarchy.“The audacity,” she repeats, “..to say that like it means something.”“It does mean something,” I reply evenly, even though my pulse is kicking hard against my ribs. “It means you don’t get to decide what I am to him.”A sharp laugh cuts through the air. “Mate?” the girl with the twirling hair echoes. “Please. Do you even hear yourself?”“Yes,” I say flatly. “I do.”“And we’re supposed to just accept that?” another one says. “You show up out of nowhere, cling to the captain, and suddenly you’re—what? Untouchable? Besides, he rejected you!”Cling.The word almost makes me laugh.If only they knew how hard we’ve been trying not to.The unlinking stone in my pocket hums faintly again, a subtle vibration against

45 - Muted Bond

Aya's POVNow why does it sound like I am whining??!I take a huge breath and peer up at him. Yup.. Bad decision as a muscle ticks in Johanis’s jaw. “Is it some four random girls?” he asks, voice dangerously calm.I bite my lip and don’t answer. He exhales slowly through his nose and glances past me toward Kael and Leon. “Is it them again?”Leon, traitor that he is, rubs the back of his neck. “Well…”Kael shoots him a look.“Well?” Johanis repeats.Leon sighs. “They cornered her outside after Pack Ethics.”Oh, I am going to shove him into the ice. And here I was trying to calm down Joha’s nerves only for them to fuel it up!“It wasn’t cornering,” I protest weakly. “It was more like… an unnecessary social interaction.”Johanis does not look amused. But seriously though, why am I protecting those four girls again??The cold from the rink seems to sharpen around us. His scent shifts—subtle but there. Controlled dominance. The kind he keeps leashed during games.“They said I was distractin

46 - Last One Before...

Johanis' POVI have done it. I actually chose myself. Chose to be selfish rather than letting her go.“Stay.”The word left my mouth like a command, but it wasn’t meant to cage her. It was meant to anchor me..As I said, selfish.For weeks, I convinced myself that pushing her away was protection. A public rejection. A calculated cruelty. If the bond broke, she would be safe..and that still stands because really, she is much more safer away from here. From me..But the bond didn’t break. It refused.. And somewhere between the fire at the rink, and even with all the dangers included…I realized something far more dangerous.I don’t want to let her go.Selfish.Because loving her means exposing her to everything that circles me like vultures—rival academies, pack expectations, enemies who think attacking what I care about will weaken me.They’re not wrong, though.. It would.And there's that entire matter with her safety…towards the Bloodbury Forest.Damn. Is there any way I could change

47 - A Game and Steady Heart

Johanis POVRyan always does when it matters. He pushes hard left, signaling Kael forward.They move fast—faster than before. No sloppy collisions this time. No accidental body checks. They’re coordinated now. Leon hangs back, reading lanes.I secretly smirked as it was really a smart move. Finn shadows Ryan aggressively. I shift to intercept Kael’s path, but he doesn’t take it. He cuts inward instead, which is kinda unexpected of him.Ryan passes to Leon. Leon doesn’t hesitate—one-touch redirect to their substitute charging center.Shot..But thankfully, blocked by Brooks.Rebound. Ryan scoops it up. He shoots low. Dylan drops, deflects with his stick—But it skitters dangerously close to the net. For half a second, time stretches.I lunge, hooking the puck clear just before it crosses the line.Ryan exhales sharply. “Close.”“Too close,” Brooks mutters.We transition fast. Finn grabs the cleared puck and barrels down the ice. Kael matches him stride for stride. Their skates carve ide

48 - Who?

Aya's POV I don’t remember closing my eyes. One moment I was listening to the steady rhythm of his breathing, feeling the weight of his head against my shoulder, the faint hum of the bond brushing against my senses like a quiet lullaby. The next—Complete darkness. A stillness but one that is comfortable and full of warmth.The rink had grown quieter. The sharp sounds of blades against ice and distant laughter had faded into something softer, something far away. Even the cold of the arena didn’t bite as much with Johanis leaning against me like that.I must have fallen asleep. When I wake, it isn’t to noise. It’s to presence…The air changes first. A subtle shift. Like someone stepping into your personal space without making a sound. My senses sharpen before my eyes open. The unlinking stone in my pocket gives a faint, warning pulse.And then—A hand.Large. Tan. Hovering too close. It’s about to reach out..Before I even think, my fingers snap up and catch the wrist mid-air. At the

49 - Crossfire

Aya's POV “Guess who?”My heart nearly launched out of my chest. I twisted instinctively, fingers already reaching for the wrist covering my eyes, I swore I went as far as getting ready to attack whoever this maybe…And then—“Omg! Uncle Taviii!” The voice shifted from playful whisper to full-volume chaos in less than a second. And with that, the hands that covered my eyes dropped. I blinked rapidly, vision adjusting to the arena lights—Lily..Grinning like she had just committed the greatest prank in academy history. “You—” I exhaled, pressing a hand to my chest. “You almost died!”She gasped dramatically. “Excuse me? I bring joy and excitement wherever I go.”“You bring heart attacks.”She flipped her hair over her shoulder. “Worth it.”Before I could properly process how her scent had felt so unfamiliar for a second, she cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled again across the rink because her uncle apparently didn't hear her the first time.“UNCLE TAVIIII!”Every head in Hil

50 - Two Minutes Left

Aya’s POvThe scoreboard glowed mercilessly above the rink.3 – 2.Hillia Academy leading.And there is only two minutes left on the clock..The numbers seemed louder than the crowd. I leaned forward unconsciously, fingers gripping the edge of the seat in front of me. The unlinking stone in my pocket had gone still again, but my pulse hadn’t. The game had escalated in ways I didn’t even realize until now.Woodhill had equalized earlier—Ryan with a clean assist to Finn, and then Brooks with a rare defensive-to-offensive miracle that somehow slipped past Hillia’s goalie. Lily nearly fell over when that happened.But Hillia answered back. They always seem to answer back. Thus, now the tension was thick enough to choke on.“Okay,” Lily whispered dramatically beside me, as if the players could hear her thoughts telepathically. “We need a miracle.”“We need coordination,” I corrected.“Miracles come with coordination.”“That’s not how that works.”She ignored me entirely as the whistle blew

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