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All Chapters of Puck & Ruin: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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PENALTY BOX ~KAI'S POV~It was the third period, and the Ice Hawks were down by one. I had been sitting in the press box for two hours, and I was so frustrated. I kept trying to write sentences for my article, but I just kept deleting them. My heart was racing too fast to concentrate on work.The reason was Jax.He had been skating like something was eating him alive since the first drop of the puck. He looked so powerful and unshakable, his eyes flat and dark. He was playing so hard that I knew someone was going to have to pay for it eventually.He looked strikingly handsome in his anger, and I couldn't stop watching his muscular body move across the ice.Then, it happened at 14:23.An opposing player said something to him. I couldn't hear what it was from all the way up in the press box, but I saw the exact moment it landed. Jax's jaw shifted, and I knew he was going to snap.The hit was brutal. He slammed the other player into the boards so hard I flinched. Before the refs cou

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WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ~KAI'S POV~It was the hair.That was the thing that finally did it. When my fingers were in Jax's hair in that newsroom, gripping and pulling, the memory didn't just come back slowly. It exploded in my brain. Four years of pretending it never happened were gone in a single second and suddenly, I was back there.Tyler's party. Freshman year.The basement was like a sweat box. It was packed wall to wall with people, the music was clinking the cheap lights, and the floor was sticky with spilled beer.It was so hot and suffocatingly loud. I felt anonymous in the crowd.I was three weeks out of a bad relationship. My ex had made me feel like I was always one wrong step from being dropped. I felt scraped hollow and raw. I felt like I was taking up too much space in every room I entered.I wasn't looking for love. I wasn't looking for anything.I was sitting on the arm of a couch, not talking to anyone. Then, Jax dropped down next to me. He said something so ge

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WHAT YOU SAW KAI'S POVI told myself I wasn't jealous.I was standing in the hallway outside the gym, just watching. It was my job to observe Jax Carter, but seeing that girl's hand on his muscular chest made my stomach twist into knots. She was laughing and touching his arm, and Jax just stood there, letting her orbit him like he was a king. I only watched for fourseconds before I turned away and opened my laptop.I hit publish on my article at 9 p.m.I wrote that Captain Carter had no shortage of girls at his locker. I said the team needed a leader, not a mascot who spent all his energy in the hallways. I went to bed right after, but I didn't sleep at all. My heart was racing the whole night.By second period the next day, everyone was talking about it. I felt the hallway shift as I walked through. People were looking at me and laughing, and my phone wouldn't stop buzzing in my pocket.After third period, I went to the locker room for a scheduled interview with the assistant coa

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NO GOING BACK KAI'S POVThe rivalry game was the ugliest one of the whole season. It was brutal from the very first drop of the puck. There were high hits and late calls, and two fights broke out before the first period even ended. It felt so personal, like everyone on the ice hated each other. The crowd was on their feet the entire time, screaming.Jax took a horrible hit at 11:42 of the second period. It was a blindside hit. The opposing defenseman caught him against the boards with a high elbow, and Jax went into the glass so hard it made a sickening sound. I felt the vibration of it in my own teeth. My heart stopped as I watched him.He was down on the ice for three seconds. Then, because he was so strong and brave, he got up. He skated to the bench and sat there with his jaw locked tight. He didn't even check his ribs or talk to the trainer. He just sat therefor thirty seconds with his glove pressed to his side before going back out.He played the entire third period in

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OUTSIDE IN THE SNOWKAI'S POVI didn't go to class. I didn't set an alarm. I hadn't slept for a single fucking second.I just lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling, my mind replaying that locker room shower on a loop. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt it all over again—the freezing water, the cold tile against my back, and Jax's huge, hot hands roaming all over my body.The sound of my own voice echoed in my head, needy and broken as I begged him for more. It was a total mind-fuck. I wanted to hate him, but my dick was half-hard just thinking about the way his muscular body had pressed into mine. I was a mess, and the persistent throbbing between my legs was a reminder that I was losing this fight.My phone was face down on the nightstand. I had flipped it over at 7 a.m. when the notifications started to drive me insane. I just let it stay there, dead to the world.By 11 p.m., the room was pitch black. I got out of bed and walked to the window. When I pulled back the curtain,

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ALMOST ~KAI'S POV~Three days.That's how long I managed to stay away. For three whole days, I rerouted my entire life just to avoid one person. I took different hallways, I left school early, and I ate lunch at my desk with my headphones blasted. I kept telling myself that the night in the snow and the locker room shower meant exactly nothing.I almost believed my own lies.Then, on Thursday evening, there was a knock at my door. I wasn't expecting anyone, and my heart skipped a beat when I opened it.It was Milo.He was standing there holding a paper bag that smelled like the greasy diner down the street. His team jacket was wet with snow.He look calmed. He also looked like the safe choice I should have made a long time ago."You haven't been eating," Milo said. He didn't ask; he just knew.I stepped back and let him in. We sat across from each other at my small kitchen table. Milo unpacked the bag—a burger, fries, and a coffee that was still steaming. He was always so thoug

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SCORPION~KAI'S POV~The knock came at 9 p.m.I had been sitting at my desk for two hours, just staring at a blank screen. Milo's words were sitting in my chest like something that wouldn't digest. 'He will hurt you. You're a target.' I wasn't writing anything; I was just letting the fear turn over in my stomach.Then, the knock.I opened the door and my breath caught in my throat. Jax was standing there in a black leather biker jacket and dark jeans. He looked so strikingly handsome and dangerous. He had a helmet tucked under one arm and another dangling from his hand. He looked me over from head to toe, his dark eyes staying on my face."You look like hell," he said. His voice was that low, husky rumble that always made my heart skip a beat."Thanks. Goodbye," I snapped, trying to shut the door.Jax didn't move. He just held up the second helmet. "Come with me.""Where?""A race."I stared at him. He was serious. "You race bikes?""Among other things." A slow, possessive smirk sp

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SCORPION RUNS~KAI'S POV~The starting line was forty feet away, and I could sense the nervousness in the air.I watched Jax from behind the barrier. He had his helmet on and his large hands were gripped tight on the bike. He sat there completely still, like a strikinglyhandsome, muscular god. He looked so strikingly powerful that I couldn't look away. It was like the loud crowd didn't even exist to him.Viper was only three feet to his left. He was a big, proud guy in red. His crew lined the opposite barrier, looking organized and quiet. It was a calmness that made me feel uneasy and soft inside.Suddenly, Bullet was standing next to me. He didn't look at me; he just watched the track. "Two years," he said."What?" I asked, my knuckles turning white as I gripped the cold railing."Viper and Scorpion," Bullet said. "They've been at it for two years on this track. Viper has never beaten him clean. Not once. Not even close."I looked at Jax. He was pulling his beak down slowly. Eve

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SCORPION WINS KAI'S POVThe bike was down.I couldn't breathe.Viper looked over at me, his sickening eyes traveling over my body. "I will be collecting my prize now."My jaw locked. I felt sick. But then Jax raised his head. He looked at Viper,then at his crew."Bike," Jax commanded. His voice was a low, dangerous growl.He walked over to his fallen machine. He bent down, his big hands holding the cold metal frame. I noticed his knuckles turn white and his strong shoulders tense up as he got ready to lift the heavy bike.His jaw was so tight I could see the muscles jumping. He pulled the bike up with a strong effort. He swung his long leg over it and looked at Viper through his cracked visor."Race isn't finished," Jax said.Viper stared, his smile vanishing. "You went down, you fucking loser.""I got back up." Jax's hand found the grip, and the engine roared to life. He looked strikingly powerful in that moment, blood on his jaw and fire in his eyes. "One lap. You and me. Righ

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THE FATHERKAI'S POVThe ride back was really quiet. It was nothing like the ride out, when I felt safe with my arms around Jax's strong waist. That silence was comfortable, but this one? This silence felt intense.My thoughts were stuck, forty feet behind, with Blade's unfinished words lingering like a bad vibe. 'What do you expect when his father runs the—'Jax killed the engine outside my building. We sat there in the dark for a long time. Neither of us moved. I finally climbed off the bike, handed him his helmet without a word, and walked inside. I didn't tell him to follow me, but I heard his footsteps on the stairs behind me. In my kitchen, I went straight to the stove. I pulled three packs of instant noodles from the cabinet and dropped them on the counter. My hands were shaking, and cooking was the only thing I could do that didn't involve looking at Jax's strikingly handsome face.I set the water to boil, then grabbed the first aid kit.Jax was standing in the kitch

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