Todos os capítulos de THE FOUR HOCKEY KINGS' FORBIDDEN MATE: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 54

~ Kaia ~The first update came just after noon, relayed through Elias's careful, precise messages sent via the enchanted mirror Coach Roland had set up in his office specifically for this purpose."They've reached the perimeter," Coach Roland reported, reading from the fogged glass. "No engagement yet. Scouting the wards more closely before deciding how to proceed.""How long will that take?" I asked, unable to keep the anxiety from my voice."Hours, likely. These things require patience, Kaia. Rushing risks everything."I nodded, though patience felt like the hardest thing anyone had ever asked of me.---Isolde and I spent the afternoon together, neither of us able to focus on anything except waiting for the next update, finding some comfort in simply not waiting alone."Tell me about your mother," she said eventually, as we sat together in the quiet greenhouse Elias had shown me weeks ago. "The letter. What she wrote."I recited the parts I remembered most clearly, the words having

~ Kaia ~Coach Roland found me at the rink a week after everyone's return, carrying something unusual under one arm — an old, weathered book bound in dark leather, clearly ancient given the careful way he handled it."I think it's time," he said, setting the book down on the bench beside me, "that you actually learned to use what you are, instead of simply reacting to it whenever it surfaces unexpectedly.""What is this?""Phoenix training texts, passed down through your mother's family before the bloodline nearly went extinct. I've had it for years, waiting for the right moment to give it to you."I opened the book carefully, pages brittle but legible, filled with careful diagrams and instructions I didn't fully understand yet."Will you teach me? With this?""I'll try. I'm not a phoenix myself, obviously, so my understanding is limited to what your mother shared with me before she disappeared. But I think structured practice, even imperfect guidance, would serve you better than cont