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chapter 1

ISABELLA~I heaved a sigh of relief when I finally climbed the last of the front steps, setting the large bag of groceries down beside me. Leaning my forehead on the door, I struggled to catch my breath.'You see, Isabella? This is what happens when you push yourself too hard.'I could hear the voice of my husband Phillip at the back of my mind, scolding me gently. He was always telling me to take it easy, not to work too hard these days, especially since it could hurt our baby. The thought had me caressing my bulging stomach, whispering apologies to my unborn child. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to take it easy. A lifetime of professional hockey can do that to a person.Still, I regretted nothing.It was the anniversary of our marriage, and I wanted to do something special for Phillip. He has been so supportive. He had me quit my job midway into the second trimester, and has been keeping me pampered since then. So if a little exhaustion was the price I had to pay to be the one mak

Last Updated : 2026-09-02

chapter 2

ISABELLA~'I will ruin you. Even if I die, I'm going to destroy you.'The words echoed in my head as I sank into the darkness. Phillip's face was imprinted behind my eyelids, and my hatred was so thick I could taste it.He was going to pay.I was going to make him pay.If I ever got a chance. Just. One. Chance…Light seemed to explode before my eyes, and I flinched, stumbling backwards. Only for someone to steady me from behind."Whoa there, Sinclair," a cheerful voice spoke. "You're not hungover, are you?"I froze, because I knew that voice.I knew that voice just like I knew how impossible it was that she was speaking right now. I whipped around so fast that my back hit something hard."Oof," she laughed. "You sure are falling around this morning. Late night?"I couldn't answer.I could only stare at her, my eyes going wide as dinner plates. Jessica Suarez has been my best friend since high school. She has also been dead for close to two years. Suddenly, I was back to that awful da

Last Updated : 2026-09-02

chapter 3

ISABELLA~I connected the spy camera to my laptop, and everyone crowded around me to watch the footage. I skipped ahead to what happened right after I went to practice. It wasn't long before we saw Clara Moretti sneaking in. She looked around, and once she was satisfied that the place was empty, she placed the drugs in my locker and hurried away."There," I said, leaning back with a satisfied smirk. "That's what I have to say."Murmurs filled the room. Everybody knew the team captain's younger sister, of course. She was seventeen, a freshman, and though she wasn't on the team, she was one of the cheerleaders."That's a cruel thing to do," Jessica said. "Why would she do such a thing?"Well, I could think of a few reasons.In my previous life, I caught Phillip cheating on me with Ciara. But who's to say that he wasn't already cheating with her while we were still dating? If that's the case— and I suspect it is— then she put his drugs in my locker to get me out of the way. The poor girl

Last Updated : 2026-09-02

chapter 4

ISABELLA~I didn't wait for a response. I wrenched my arm free and bolted. I heard his exclamation of surprise before he ran after me. My eyelids were growing heavier, and I could feel the strength leeching out of my limbs. I could hear him right behind me, almost catching up. I ran into the hall, doing my best to blend with the crowd. But my heart was pounding too fast and I couldn't breathe properly. I knew I was going to drop like a brick soon, and then that guy would find me. I needed somewhere to hide. Somewhere safe.I ran between tables, or staggered rather, holding onto everything I could touch just to keep myself moving. I didn't bother asking anybody for help. It would mean trusting a stranger with my unconscious self, and from the way people were looking at me, I could tell they thought I was just drunk. None of them were going to help me.Finally, I found the hallway and stumbled into it, trying doors as I went on. Most of them were locked. Finally, one opened, and I dragg

Last Updated : 2026-09-02

chapter 5

~ ISABELLA~For a full five seconds, I forgot how to breathe.Then my body made the decision for me. I yanked the sheet up to my chin and scrambled backwards until my shoulder blades hit the headboard.Isaac Moretti didn't move. He lay on his side with one arm bent under his head, watching me like I was a play he had already seen the ending of. His black hair stuck up on one side and there was stubble along his jaw. Without his team jacket and his usual scowl, he looked less like the terror of the RED RACKETS and more like a man who had slept for maybe an hour."You'll hurt yourself," he said. "It's a hotel headboard. It isn't padded.""Where's Alan?"It was the first thing out of my mouth, and I saw it land. Something flickered across his face, too quick to read."So you do remember who it was," he said. "Good. That makes this shorter.""Makes what shorter?"He sat up. The sheet slid down to his waist and I stared very hard at the ceiling. When I risked a glance, I saw he was wearing

Last Updated : 2026-09-29

chapter 6

~ ISABELLA~"Stay behind me," Isaac said quietly, and opened the door.Phillip stood in the corridor in yesterday's clothes, his tie crooked and his hair perfectly, suspiciously neat. Two of the guys from the team flanked him. Marcus, our goalie, wouldn't meet my eyes. Danny was chewing his thumbnail. Behind them, a scattering of people from other teams had drifted out of their rooms with paper cups and coffee, and I noticed something else.Half of them were holding up their phones.Phillip's mouth opened, and then it stayed open. He had clearly expected to find someone else standing in that doorway."Captain?" he said."It's seven in the morning, Phillip," Isaac replied."I—this is Alan's room.""Alan lent it to me last night."Phillip's eyes slid past him and found me, standing there in Isaac's jacket with my hair pinned up and my shoes in my hand. I watched the calculations move behind his face."Isabella," he said, and put on his worried voice. "Thank God. I've been looking everyw

Last Updated : 2026-09-29

Chapter 7

~ ISABELLA~I opened my mouth, and nothing came out.Alan watched me not answer and from the look on his face, it felt as if something closed off in him. He then nodded and let go of my wrist."Forget I asked." He said."No." I caught his sleeve before he could turn away. "Don't do that. Don't ask me something like that and then take it back the second I don't answer fast enough.""Then answer it." He retorted."I didn't know it was you." I made myself say it plainly as it is. "Not at first. Everything was underwater. I couldn't have told you my own name then."He flinched like I'd hit him, and I tightened my grip on his sleeve before he could let go completely."But somewhere in it," I went on, "I knew I felt safe. I remember that much. I remember you kept checking, over and over, if I wanted you to stop. Nobody who meant to hurt me would have done that.""I should have stopped anyway. The second I realized you weren't all there.""Alan—""I've spent my whole life terrified of exactl

Last Updated : 2026-10-01

Chapter 8

~ ISABELLA~Everything suddenly became silent around me."What kind of substance?" I asked but my voice sounded shallow.There was a pause, and I heard papers shuffling on the other end."It's listed here as Zypheron," the woman read. "Do you know if Miss Ortiz has a prescription for that?"I knew exactly what Zypheron was. I knew it because I'd seen the same blue foil packaging shoved into the back of Phillip's sock drawer countless times back when I still went through his things looking for excuses to love him more."No," I said slowly. "She doesn't."Behind me, I heard Leonardo go quiet, he was clearly listening now."Is there a way you can come down to the hospital?" the woman asked. "Miss Ortiz has been asking for you."I was already moving, my ankle screaming in protest as I snatched my bag off the bench."I'm on my way," I said. "Tell her I'm on my way."I hung up and turned to find Leonardo watching me with an expression I couldn't place."Trouble?" he asked."You have no ide

Last Updated : 2026-10-02

Chapter 9

~ ISABELLA~I read the text three times before the implications finally dawned on me.*Disciplinary council wants to see you. Tonight. It's about Clara.*'What was Clara plotting this time?' I asked myself.I checked and saw that the meeting wasn't until eight so that gave me a few hours to make a phone call that actually mattered more than whatever Clara was stirring up now.I called Marisol, a girl from my first year on the team who used to run in the same circles as Jessica before things went sideways for her, and asked as carefully as I knew how what she'd heard about where Jessica had actually been getting her pills."Jess has been buying from someone for months," Marisol said, voice dropped low like even saying it out loud might get back to the wrong people. "Long before you and Phillip were even a thing people talked about.""Are you sure? It could've started around the time they got close." I said."Izzy, I watched her nod off in the back row of a lecture hall in February. Yo

Last Updated : 2026-10-03

Chapter 10

ISABELLAI had maybe three seconds before whoever it was reached the door, and I used every one of them. My phone was already in my other hand so I flipped the folder open, snapped two pictures of the page on top before my brain had even finished the thought, and shoved the file back into the drawer, easing it shut with my hip just as the handle turned and the door opened.Isaac stopped dead on the threshold, and for one long, terrible moment, neither of us said anything at all."I forgot my keys," he said slowly as his eyes went from my face to the file cabinet drawer behind me, not quite flush with the others, to the phone still clutched in my hand. "Isabella. What are you doing in my office."My mind went completely and catastrophically blank.Then my eyes landed on the tear already fraying at the hem of my practice skirt due to my fiasco with Leorndo and something in me just moved before I'd finished thinking it through. I grabbed the loose seam and yanked, hard, ripping it clea

Last Updated : 2026-10-05

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