CHAPTER 85The steam from the locker was thick enough to taste, heavy with the sharp reek of sweat, damp wool, and copper.Liam sat on the wooden bench, his chest rising and falling in shallow, jagged beats. His fingers were stiff inside his gloves, completely numb, yet his heart pounded so violently against his ribs it made his teeth ache.Across the room, Marcus was still barking with laughter, tossing a rolled-up roll of grip tape across the carpet. "I'm telling you, Miller, you flew three feet! Captain hit you so hard your ancestors felt it!""Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, Marcus," Miller spat from his stall, ripping his shoulder pads off with an ugly, bitter yank. His face was flushed blotchy red, his left shoulder already blooming purple from the boards. "It’s easy to look like a tough guy when you’re throwing cheap shots during a non-contact drill.""Cheap shot?" Fred snorted, throwing his head back. "Dude, you got leveled fair and square. Give it a rest."A couple of the guys on th
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