All Chapters of In love with my Ex’s Rival:The Ice Hockey Rival: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Mara’s POVI've been running for days now .Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that massive silver wolf with eyes that burned like eclipses. I saw the warehouse collapsing around her. I felt the terror of realizing I’d made a terrible mistake. Tamara was something ancient and primal that couldn’t be caged or controlled or stolen from. The extraction was never going to work. I’d been a fool to think it would.I couldn’t keep running forever. Eventually, someone would find me. And I needed to explain. I needed Lucas to understand why I did this. I needed him to know that it was all for us…for him, for me, for what we could have been.So I went to Lucas.He was in his dorm room when I knocked, and the way his expression shifted when he saw me told me everything. He’d already heard. He already knew something was wrong.“Mara,” he said, stepping back to let me inside. “Where the hell have you been? People are looking for you. “I know,” I said, closing the door behind me. “I know, and I’m

Elena’s POVThe black SUV pulled up exactly fifteen minutes after I hung up with Garrett.I watched Josh climb out of the driver’s seat and walk around to open my door a small gesture of respect that made me realize how seriously everyone was taking this. This wasn’t just about Tamara being missing. This was something bigger.“Ready?” Josh asked, his voice quiet and steady.I nodded and climbed into the SUV, my hands still shaking.The drive felt like it lasted forever even though it was only about twenty minutes. Josh didn’t try to make conversation, which I appreciated. I stared out the window at the city passing by, my mind racing through a thousand scenarios of what could have happened to Tamara.Someone had kidnapped her.Josh pulled up in front of a sleek apartment building in the nicer part of town. The kind of place where powerful people lived….. Alpha territory.“Fourth floor,” Josh said. “Apartment 412. He’s expecting you.”I practically ran to the elevator, punching the but

Tamara’s POVThe tension in the room was thick enough to cut with a knife.I could feel it the way Garrett was watching Paul, the way Paul was deliberately not looking at Garrett, the way Elena was watching both of them with barely concealed amusement. But beyond the complicated dynamic that had just developed, there was something else. A sense that we were all waiting for someone to say what needed to be said.Finally, Garrett spoke.“We need to inform the council,” he said, his voice steady and official. Alpha-like. “About what happened. My entire body went rigid.“No,” I said flatly. “Absolutely not. The answer is no.”Garrett blinked like I’d just slapped him. Paul sat up straighter. Elena tilted her head, interested.“Tamara,” Garrett said carefully, “the council needs to know. This was an orchestrated kidnapping by a pack member. A ritual designed to steal power. That’s…”“I don’t care what it is,” I cut him off, my voice rising. “I’m not telling the council anything. We’re no

Tamara’s POV“You’re going to classes today?” Garrett asked, looking up from his coffee as I came into the kitchen dressed in my uniform.“Yes,” I said, pouring myself a glass of juice. “I’ve missed too much already. I need to catch up.”“That’s good,” he said, but there was a hesitation in his voice. “But you understand you’re not going back to the dorm yet, right? You’re staying here until you’re fully recovered.”It wasn’t a question. It was a statement…. An alpha’s declaration.“I know,” I said, and I did know. We’d established this yesterday when Elena and Paul visited. Elena had been surprised to see me at Garrett’s apartment, had given me a look that said we’d definitely be talking about that later, but she hadn’t argued about it. She understood that I needed to be somewhere safe while I healed.“Josh will pick you up after classes,” Garrett said. “And bring you back here.”“No,” I said immediately. “I’m going to spend some time with Elena after class. I need to catch up with h

Garrett’s POVI saw Lucas leave the campus courtyard looking shaken.His face was flushed, and there was a red mark on his cheek that looked suspiciously like a handprint. I didn’t need to guess what had happened. I’d watched Tamara walk away from that same courtyard fifteen minutes earlier, her jaw tight, her shoulders set with determination.She’d handled Lucas.But that didn’t mean I was done with him.I waited until he was out of sight of the main campus, then I moved. He didn’t see me coming until I’d already cut off his path toward the parking lot.“Lucas,” I said, my voice low and controlled. “We need to talk.”He looked up, startled, then annoyed when he saw me.“Garrett,” he said, trying to move around me. “Not interested.”“Too bad,” I said, stepping directly into his path. “You’re going to listen to me, and then you’re going to agree to never approach Tamara again.”Lucas’s eyes narrowed.“Tamara is not yours to command,” he said coldly. “And neither am I. So get out of my