All Chapters of FORBIDDEN ICE: CLAIMING THE CAPTAIN'S SISTER: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

CHAPTER 192COLLATERALISLAThe way the words sounded, coming out from him that way, made my stomach tighten in a bit so funny way. “We need to talk.”There was nothing teasing about it, neither did it have that low, almost amused tone he usually used when he pretended not to care about something he absolutely cared about. This was flat and sounded serious.“What’s wrong?” I asked, the smirk fading before I could stop it.There was a pause on the other end and I could hear him breathing in a slow and controlled manner. “Come around,” he said. “When you get here, we’ll talk.”“Ellis—”The line went dead before I could form a complete sentence. I stared at my phone like it had personally betrayed me. Ellis never hung up first, neither did he hang up in that manner. What the hell is going on?The static I’d been carrying all morning flared into something I couldn't decipher. Fear crawled up my spine before I could reason with it. Maybe I was overreacting, maybe he was just tired, may

CHAPTER 194AFTER THE ARROW LANDSISLAI didn’t remember getting home.One second I was outside his house, the cold air slicing through my skin like it was trying to carve something out of me. The next, I was in my room, sitting on the edge of my bed, still in the same clothes, still tasting salt at the corner of my mouth.Selfish.The word kept replaying.Not angry.Not confused.Not overwhelmed.Selfish.I pressed my palms against my eyes until I saw stars. Maybe if I pushed hard enough, I could reset my brain. Maybe I could undo the past few weeks. Maybe I could rewind to when everything was messy but still… soft.When we were still soft with each other.My phone buzzed in my hand.I didn’t need to look to know who it wasn’t.It wasn’t Ellis.I stared at the screen until the name blurred.Noah.Of course.My chest tightened.I let it ring out.A second later, another buzz.Rowan.The irony almost made me laugh.They still care about you.His words came back like a slap.You lean in

CHAPTER 196THE WORLD DOESN'T STOPISLAWhen your heart feels like it’s being stretched in three different directions, the worst place to be is your own room. Everything echoes, every thought sounds louder and every memory replays sharper. Even silence feels accusatory. So I decided to leave.I grabbed my hoodie, shoved my feet into my sneakers, and told myself the library was neutral ground. If I couldn't do anything, the serenity of the library with books is enough to keep me grounded. I told myself that's tests and exams were creeping up and my scholarship was not going to preserve itself while I had an emotional crisis. But if I was being honest, I just needed somewhere that wasn’t filled with ghosts of conversations.The walk there felt longer than usual. Every couple that passed me felt like a personal attack and every group of friends laughing too loudly felt like a reminder of what I might lose.By the time I reached the library doors, I had almost convinced myself to turn a

CHAPTER 198PROTECTIVE INSTINCTS OF AN ELDER BROTHER ISLAI knew that walk.The determined stride, the slightly narrowed eyes, the scanning gaze that assessed everything in a five–mile radius like he was calculating potential threats. Asher didn’t just approach people that stood five meters close to me, he sized them up.And right now, he was very clearly sizing up the sinfully handsome basketball captain standing beside me.I sighed internally as he got closer. The circle just didn't seem to end. Beside me, the guy—who I still hadn’t asked for his name, which felt criminal at this point—leaned slightly toward me and muttered under his breath,“Why does he look like he wants to put me through immense torture, sundry my skin, and then kill me?”I choked on my saliva… actually checked. A laugh burst out of me before I could stop it, loud and completely unfiltered. That did not help because the moment Asher heard me laugh, his jaw tightened. Oh no.He stopped in front of us, gaze slid

CHAPTER 200LITTLE TRIGGERS ELLISI don’t even recall standing up. One second Victor was talking and running his mouth like he always does, and the next, my fists was knitted in the collar of his practice jersey. His back hit the lockers with a heavy sound, the entire room going quietr. “Say it again,” I muttered.Victor’s smirk didn’t fully disappear, but it faltered just slightly. “You’re wound tight, Ellis. Relax.”“Victor…”That's was all I could manage to say, before a voice echoes through the locker room.“That’s enough.”Coach's voice resounded in the air as he approached us. I didn't let him go immediately because that' would've regretted it and I don't. But I did release him slowly. Victor straightened his jersey, looking me in the eye with a smirk on his face. Coach stepped between us calmly, incase I was ready to lunge for him again. “We don’t do this here, you know this,” he said evenly. “If you’ve got personal problems, you leave them outside my rink.”I held his gaz