All Chapters of FORBIDDEN ICE: CLAIMING THE CAPTAIN'S SISTER: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

CHAPTER 161BREWING CHAOSISLAThis is the part where you wish for the ground to open up and swallow you whole. Because how did I get stuck in the middle of all this bullshit?The silence after Asher’s voice resounded in the room felt louder than the music and every other performance that had occurred there was. It was more than just his soft voice, it was heavy when thick with a lot of things I couldn't decipher. The kind that made your ears ring and your heartbeat suddenly sound like a drum in your own chest.Victor stood frozen on stage for only a second, guitar still hanging against his hip. The microphone was catching every small breath he took, his chest falling and rising in a steady motion. The spotlight painted him in warm gold, but the smile on his face felt cold from where I sat.Asher didn’t sit down, and that sent more chills down my spine, together with the dangerous soft look on his face. My brother wasn’t loud when he was really angry. He didn’t need to shout. He just

CHAPTER 163ALL HELL BROKE LOOSEROWANI don’t think I’ve ever hated silence more than I did in that moment. It hung over the room like something waiting to explode. It was thin, brittle and ready to crack with the slightest push.Victor stood on stage, smug even after getting cornered. Isla stood frozen beside Ellis and Asher, her shoulders tight and her voice shaking but still trying to fight back. I could see the effort it took for her not to fall apart in front of everyone.And it pissed me off.I wasn't just angry, I was angry in every sense of the word. I didn't care about the fact that I could be in trouble any second, all I cared about was Isla. Because I knew that look on her face.I’ve seen her hurt before, I’veseen her scared. But this? This was humiliation. Public, deliberate humiliation, and Victor was enjoying every second of it.Asher hadn’t moved yet. He was still standing there, jaw clenched, his eyes bouncing between Isla and the stage like he was fighting two differ

CHAPTER 165WALKING INTO CONSEQUENCESELLISThe security officer stepped out from the back office and looked at us like a man who regretted every life decision that had brought him to this moment. He didn't look like any of the ones that had grabbed us the previous day, but whatever fill-in he got made him already tired of something that hadn't even started. “They’re ready to take you now,” he said, turning around to start walking again, but I stopped him. “Take us where?” I asked, my eyebrows dipped into a frown. I thought this was where whatever judgement would go on would go on. He sighed like he’d already answered this question ten times already that day. “The Dean’s office.”The weight of those words were enough to deafen my ear. I exchanged a look with Rowan, Noah straightened from where he was leaning against the wall, and even Asher’s shoulders stiffened slightly.Nobody liked hearing “Dean’s office”. It carried the same energy as a storm warning. You knew something bad w

CHAPTER 167AFTERSHOCKSROWAN“Victor three — us one,” Noah muttered under his breath as we turned the corner out of the administration building. It was like he was inside my head and had heard exactly when the thoughts crossed my mind. Ellis huffed. “You’re keeping score now?”“Obviously,” he said. “Man publicly humiliates someone? That’s one. Gets us dragged to the Dean? Two. Walks out without suspension? Three.”“That's without counting the time he broke my knee and Isla's leg,” I added lightly.“He got probation too,” Ellis said quietly, looking between me and Noah. Noah pointed at him. “Participation trophy. Doesn’t count.”I scoffed, shoving my hands into my pockets. Asher still hadn’t said a word and I didn't know if to be worried or scared. When Asher gets loud, you know what he’s feeling. When he gets quiet, that’s when therer are a million and one dangerous and stupid things going on in his head. We stepped outside. The late afternoon air hit differently after sitting in

CHAPTER 169TOO LATE TO KNOCKELLISI don’t know what made me leave immediately, but here was just something urgent at the back of my head that wanted to get to her as soon as possible. Maybe it was the way she hadn't replied the message or the campus blog that made me know it was going to destabilise her. Or maybe it was just pure instinct.I didn’t even remember putting on a shirt, I just remember walking fast… then faster… then practically running across campus like something was chasing me. It was smoke I was chasing something I was already losing. My phone was still in my hand when I reached her building as her checked to see if she had replied to my last message. No reply.I climbed the stairs two at a time. My chest was tight, but I told myself it was just from running and not from the fact that different scary thoughts were running through my head at the same time. I reached her door and knocked on the door, letting my knuckles hit the wood softly. “Isla?”Nothing. I didn