Todos os capítulos de Lessons For The Hockey Captain : Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

Noah Pov: The alarm shrieked through the air, and smoke began curling faintly from beneath the archive building's doors before anyone could react. Officers surged forward, and Lockwood grabbed my arm, holding me back despite every instinct screaming at me to run inside. "Carter, you can't go in there," he said sharply. "Let them handle it." "If she's setting fire to those records, she might still be trapped inside," I said, pulling against his grip. "Coach, if she dies in there, we lose whatever chance we have of understanding the truth." Before he could respond, one of the officers near the door shouted something over his radio, and moments later, the door burst open, two firefighters emerging with a coughing, soot-streaked woman between them, her wrists already being cuffed by waiting police as she stumbled onto the grass. "That's her," Ivy said, gripping my hand tightly. "That's Danielle." We watched as officers led her toward a waiting cruiser, her face contorted wit

Ivy Pov:The words hit me like a physical blow. "Nan," I breathed, already moving toward the door before my mind had fully processed the danger. "Noah, we have to go, now."Ramirez was on his feet instantly, already barking instructions into his radio. "I need units to the hospital immediately, full lockdown on the cardiac recovery wing. Possible threat to a patient."We sprinted out of the station, Noah's hand gripping mine so tightly it almost hurt, both of us moving faster than exhaustion should have allowed. Ramirez followed close behind, his own car peeling out of the lot right behind Noah's the second we climbed inside."Call the nurse's station," Noah said, already dialing himself, his knuckles white against the steering wheel as he pulled out onto the road. "Tell them not to let anyone unfamiliar near her room."I fumbled with my phone, adrenaline making my hands clumsy, and finally got through to the nurse's station, my voice shaking as I relayed the danger. "Please, you nee

Ivy Pov:The hours leading up to midnight stretched unbearably long, every minute weighted with a dread I couldn't fully shake. Ramirez had assembled a small tactical team by early evening, positioning officers in unmarked vehicles near the old training facility, though the isolation of the location meant they couldn't get as close as any of us would have liked without risking exposure."You'll wear this," Ramirez said, handing Noah a small wire, barely visible once tucked beneath his shirt collar. "We'll hear everything, and we'll be close enough to move in fast if anything goes wrong.""What about me?" I asked."You too," he said, producing a second device. "Given his message specifically requested of both of you, we need coverage on you as well."I nodded, though my hands trembled as I secured the small microphone beneath my jacket, the reality of what we were about to do settling heavier with each passing moment. My grandmother, still recovering at the hospital under Anna's watchf

Ivy Pov:The words settled over me like ice water, disbelief and confusion crashing together so violently I couldn't immediately process what I'd just heard. "What do you mean you examined him?" I asked slowly. "Nan, you told me you just processed paperwork. You never mentioned actually assessing patients.""I wasn't supposed to," she said, her voice trembling with the weight of a secret finally breaking free after fifteen years of silence. "But the team doctor was overwhelmed that day, dealing with another player's injury on the opposite side of the facility. Christopher came in complaining of a headache, nothing that seemed severe at the time. I'd trained as a nurse years earlier, before administrative work, and I made the call myself that he could return to play, then had the doctor sign off on the paperwork afterward without a proper follow-up exam."Noah's hand found mine, steadying me as the revelation crashed through everything I thought I understood about my grandmother, ab

Ivy Pov:I watched Noah's face shift the instant the voice on the other end identified itself, every muscle in his body going rigid. "Put it on speaker," I whispered, and he nodded, pressing the button with a trembling hand."Mr. Ashford," Noah said carefully, his voice steadier than I expected given the tension radiating off him. "I've been hearing a lot about you tonight.""I'm sure you have," Ashford said, his tone maddeningly calm, almost warm, like we were old acquaintances catching up rather than strangers connected through years of manipulation and harm. "Danielle always did talk too much when she felt cornered.""What do you want?" I asked, stepping closer to the phone."Ah, Ivy," he said, and something about the way he said my name, familiar and unsettling, sent a chill through me. "I've heard so much about you too. Quite the resourceful young woman.""Answer her question," Noah said, his voice hardening. "What do you want from us?""I simply want to clarify a few things,