KAI’S POVI was under heavy pressure because of the championship coming up. As captain, everyone expected me to lead the team perfectly again, but my focus kept shifting toward Aria constantly instead of hockey. I couldn’t stop looking at her at all. Even when I tried to push her out of my head during drills, my eyes would find her in the stands or in my thoughts, and everything else faded. The bond between us pulled at me hard, making my chest tight and my body react in ways that had nothing to do with the ice. I kept remembering how she felt against me the last time we were close—her warmth, the way her breath hitched when I touched her, the heat that built between us until it was almost too much to handle. It was messing with my head, turning the pressure of the game into something else entirely.During late-night practice, the team was already on edge from the long hours, and I was pushing them harder than usual. We kept running the same plays over and over, but nothing was clic
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