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CHAPTER 101GOODBYES AGAIN ISLAYou don't know how far time flies until seconds are counting into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days and days into weeks until eventually they bleed into years. Ellis recovered in fragments. Of course you don't expect someone who's done surgery to recover once. His breaths were becoming measured, his hands were steadier and his winces were now fewer when he laughed.The first day after the surgery and after the calls ith his friends, he slept through most of it, drifting in and out like the world was too loud to hold for long. As always, I stuck by his side, thanking God Talia was past her crises, because if she weren't, I'd be caught between if to be consoling her or if to be nursing Ellis. By the third day, he could sit up without getting dizzy.By the fourth, he was walking slowly on his own legs. And by the sixth day, he complained about the hospital food.

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CHAPTER 102SCENT AND SILENCEISLAThe minute I dropped Rowan's call, I made my way to Ellis apartment. And standing in front of the building after weeks of being away…. Felt like returning home after your service in the army. Ellis’s apartment still felt like him even without him in it.The moment I slid the key into the lock and turned it, my breath hitched in my throat. The door opened with a familiar creak, and I stepped inside, letting it swing shut behind me. But I stopped, changed my mind, and left it unlocked.Just in case those two come around, I wouldn't have to come down to open the door for them. I stood there for a second, fingers still on the handle, and breathed in. It smelled so much like him. That clean, faintly masculine scent, something warm and unmistakably Ellis, wrapped around me like a memory. I forgot to add he smelt like sandalwood too. It made my chest ache in that soft, quiet way that reminde

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CHAPTER 103EMPTY ROOMSELLISI didn't know how much Isla made my room brighter until she went back home and my room lost her light and spark. The quiet was the first thing that hit. It wasn't the peaceful kind, it was the kind that pressed against your ears and reminded you every second that something was missing. Days had passed since Isla left Germany, and I’d tried not to count them. Tried being the key word. The hospital room felt twice its size without her. Too white, too still, even the machines seemed quieter. But those were just my ears playing tricks on me. I missed the way she talked, filling space with life. Missed the sound of her laugh, the way she sat on the edge of my bed like it was her new comfort zone. I missed waking up and seeing her asleep in the chair beside me, chin tucked into her chest and hair falling over her face.I stared at the empty chair now that now felt like a curse staring

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CHAPTER 104LOST IN ITISLAI stand on the fact that nobody would ever truly know what real pleasure is until you have sex with two men your brain goes bunkers for. Men that know how well to work a woman's body. Noah and Rowan fit into that perfect description. I thought by the end of the second round they'd be tired from how much work they'd done and how much sweat was dripping down their forehead. But I was very wrong. In fact, they looked like they could go extra three rounds. “Don't tell me you're tired already,” Noah teased, spanking my ass as I laid tummy-flat on the bed from exhaustion. “We could work her out of the tiredness,” Rowan suggested, and I just laid there on the bed with no strength to stop them. I don't think I have any more juice to give. Noah dug his fingers into my hair, massaging the scalp gently while Rowan rubbed his palm on my ass, taking a constant circular method. I whimpered under their touches, closing my eyes as I let my body relax under their tou

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CHAPTER 105MISSED CALLSISLAOne second I was in cloud 9, trying to find my way back to earth, and the next, I was crashing into the earth harder than I thought I would. The ringing cut through everything in an annoying, insistent and unforgiving manner. At first , I wanted to ignore it because my brain was slow, my body was heavy and the room was still warm with pleasure and shared breath. Like always, sex with them had been soft and careless in that way that made time feel optional. But the phone would've stopped ringing. It was so annoying I wanted to cry from frustration. I groaned quietly, fumbling for it on the bed, my fingers clumsier each second I tried to get it closer to myself. My eyes were half-lidded when I glanced at the screen.Asher.And that was the minute I crashed down so hard from cloud nine it was hard to believe I was ever there. My heart slammed so hard against my ribs it knocked the air out of me.“Oh—shit,” I breathed.The sight of that single name sent in

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CHAPTER 106BACK FROM THE QUIETELLISIndeed there was calm after the storm, because that was exactly where I was now. The storm was over and I was in the calm.The last thing I expected to feel on the morning of my discharge was calm. It wasn't the kind that was jittery of forced. It was just…. Calm. Natural. It was like my body was finally believing that I survived the surgery. I sat across from Dr. Weiss in his office, and did the first time in weeks, I wasn't wearing a hospital gown. I was wearing jeans, hoodie and shoes that weren't hospit-issued. Even that alone felt like a victory.He studied the tablet in his hands, then looked up at me over his glasses. “Your scans look good, Ellis. The swelling has gone down significantly and there are no signs of post-operative complications.”I exhaled slowly. “So… I’m officially not dying anymore and off the danger zone?”A corner of his mouth lifted into what looked like proud smile. “Officially.”I smiled as more calm spread through m

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CHAPTER 107ANOTHER DANGER ISLA“Don’t forget to eat,” Sonia called after me as I slung my bag over my shoulder and headed for the door. “I won’t,” I replied, smiling as I stepped into the hallway. “Try not to kill the plants while I’m gone.”She snorted, giving me a smirk. “No promises.”I waved and pulled the door shut, the smile still stuck to my face, already lifting my phone to my ear as it rang. “Talia?”Since I got back from Germany, I haven't heard from her. It's safe to check that she's still breathing and not crying anymore. “Hey, Iska,” her voice came through, softer than usual. “You never called to tell me you got back safely. I totally forgot, I should've called. I'm sorry.”“I should be the one apologising,” I said as I headed down the stairs. “I got back safely, but Jet lag tried to murder me, but I survived. How are you?”She laughed quietly. “Good. I… I’m okay, today’s a better day.”I breathed out in relief, weaving my fingers through my hair. “I’m glad.”There w

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CHAPTER 108WHAT LINGERSISLAPractice resumed like nothing had happened, that was the strangest part. Skates cut into the ice again, bringing back the rhythm that was alive before Ellis walked in. The coach barked instructions, pucks slammed against the boards, laughter rose and fell in uneven waves. On the surface, the rink returned to normal so fast it almost felt cruel.But inside me, nothing had settled. I stayed where I was, my reflection faint against the glass. My heartbeat hadn’t slowed since I ran into Ellis’ arms. If anything, if felt loud enough to give me away.I didn’t look at him again, not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't want to do anything that would look suspicious. God! How much I want to reel in his scent because I miss him so damn much.Asher moved like a storm on the ice. His voice carried authority, the captain again in every sense of the word. Anyone watching would think he was fine. Oh well….Every time he passed near the boards, I felt that

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CHAPTER 109SHIFTING GROUNDISLAThe announcement came two days later. Spring break.It should’ve felt like freedom, more like relief and like something earned after weeks of tension thick enough to choke on. Instead, it felt like someone had quietly lifted the floor beneath my feet and smiled while doing it.Since I wasn't allowed to write my last exam, I gave up on following the school news, that's why I found out in the kitchen with my roommate casually giving me the information. Sonia was perched on the counter, scrolling through her phone with a lazy grin, legs swinging as she read aloud.“Athletic team retreat,” she said. “Coach-approved. Mountains, cabins, no rink, no schedules, mandatory attendance.”I froze mid-sip of my coffee.“What?”She glanced up, eyebrows raised. “You didn’t know?”“No,” I said slowly, my eyebrows dipped into a frown. “I very much did not know.”She laughed. “Apparently it’s to ‘reset morale’ after everything that’s happened with the hockey team. It's

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CHAPTER 110SOFT TEETHISLAYou know that feeling you get when you walk into school and the first person you see is the “mean girls” clique? Paint that feeling into this scene. For a second, I thought my brain was playing tricks on me, because Lara and Jade didn’t belong here. Not in this quiet, pine-scented place where the air felt too clean and the darkness too honest. They were city girls with lip gloss and laughter that cut. Seeing them now, strutting toward me like they owned the woods, made my stomach drop.And why are they even here? What Athletic team do they belong to? Witchery and evilness?I straightened instinctively, my gaze darkening into something far as I thought of their involvement in my malpractice case and every misfortune they've caused for me. “Isla,” Jade said first, her voice smooth and almost friendly. Her eyes swept over me slowly, taking inventory. “Didn’t expect to see you out here alone.”Lara smiled beside her, arms folded loosely across her chest. “Yea

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