~Maya’s POV~I brought coffee to the rink that morning the same way I had almost every morning these past three weeks, though lately I'd started timing my arrival a little earlier than strictly necessary, just to catch the last few minutes of Caleb running drills before Soraya showed up.Small thing. Selfish thing, maybe. I didn't examine it too closely.Soraya was already limping noticeably by the time I settled into my usual spot along the boards, her leg clearly protesting every hard stop Caleb pushed her through. She'd been favoring it more this week than last, though she never said so out loud, and Caleb had started building extra rest into the drills without making a production out of it, the kind of quiet accommodation that told me he'd noticed too, even if neither of them wanted to say it plainly."One more set," Caleb called from center ice. "Then we're done for the day.""You said that twenty minutes ago," Soraya shot back.She was already lining up for the drill anyway, stu
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