Novel & Cerita Booktok Hockey Controversy

The trust fund kid whose father’s name was on the athletics buiding we were standing in. He’d never looked at me once in three years. “Reeve?” Demi walked out of the closet. “What did he say to you?” My phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out with shaky hands. “The athletic board has requested an urgent meeting tomorrow concerning the video portraying hockey star ‘Zane Ashford’ in an ugly manner. Be there by 9am.” My vision blurred. I stared at the screen. I’d been so sure he deserved it. “What is it!?” Demi snatched the phone from me, her eyes scanning the screen.

"No way. It looked encrypted like spy level stuff. After all the rumors about Volkov and his past I cannot just pretend. What if it is bad for the Blades? Match fixing talk has been floating around the rookies group chat for weeks." Kade crossed his arms muscles tight under his shirt. Scars peeked from his collar as he glared down at Toby. "Rumors are just noise kid. You want to make it in this league? Keep your head on hockey not playing cop in the locker room. That drive is my business. Personal notes from back home. Encrypted because hackers hit my stuff last season."

Bailey says before ending the call. As I drive home, I catch sight of Nolan's latest post on social media, pulled up by one of the hundred notifications on my phone. Sometimes the truth comes out in the most unexpected ways. Praying for Luca's recovery. The comments beneath the post are vicious. "Hayes should be expelled from the league!" "This is what happens when you give someone too much power." "Guess the golden boy finally showed his true colors." I close the app before I can read more. “Hockey can go to hell for all I care. I have Bailey, that's enough for me.” I whisper loud for myself to hear.

Aurelia has been Zephyron's best friend since they got admitted into Blackridge Academy; she has feelings for him, but he only sees her as his best friend. Aurelia watched as Zephyron's girlfriend constantly broke up with him countless times. It hurt her every time because she was always there to comfort him. His tears broke her, and each time she hoped he would see her love for him, but Zeph never did. To him, she remained a shoulder to cry on. Then one day, Zeph and Lyra broke up for real. Lyra transferred schools because of him. Aurelia played her role well this time and eventually, he saw that she loved him. He agreed to court her, but to him she was a distraction from his ex. A

"What individuals under criminal investigation?" "Rose Miller and Derek Thompson," Jake said. "The FBI arrested them both this morning on federal charges. The entire hockey world knows about their conspiracy now, and you're considered guilty by association." "But I didn't know about any conspiracy," I protested. "I was manipulated just like everyone else." "That may be true, but it doesn't matter," Jake said bluntly. "The perception is that you were involved with criminals who manipulated the sport. No team wants that kind of liability."

Reasons that even Crew did not know, which was saying something because Crew and I grew up in the same house, breathed the same air, carried the same last name. But some things you carry alone. I was not ready to put it all on the table yet. Not for this house. Not for anyone in it. Eventually everything comes out. It always does. But not today. I would let them find out little by little. I turned the heat down and listened. Summer and Crew's voices had been low a few minutes ago, something passing between them in the space by the counter. I was not trying to eavesdrop but sound travels in this kitchen and I heard enough. She was tutoring him. Crew. Who hated school with every bone in his bo

A public declaration of love. That was all Lori wanted for her twentieth birthday. Instead, she caught her secret boyfriend, Travis, in her bed, with Elena— her cruelest rival. Furious and desperate, Lori runs straight into Lucas Miller’s bed. He is also Elena's bitter ex-boyfriend. Lucas has a strict rule. He only sleeps with a girl once. But now, he is hunting Lori down and wants to properly date her. There is just one problem. Lori's best friend has been in love with Lucas for years. Lori is now trapped in a dangerous game of secrets and revenge. She does not know if she is winning the game or walking straight into a predator's trap.

When I finally slept, it was wrapped so tightly around him that I wasn’t sure where I ended and he began. --- The public reaction snowballed over the next forty-eight hours. A major streaming service announced they were fast-tracking a documentary. Petitioners gathered signatures both to ban Callan from hockey forever and to demand the league fully investigate the syndicate’s remaining ties. Former players started speaking out—some in support, some throwing us under the bus to protect their own images. One retired goalie I’d once looked up to called me “a confused kid who doesn’t understand power dynamics.” Callan read that one out loud, voice flat. I took the phone from him, deleted the art

"One conversation. That's all I need. Thirty seconds with that piece of–" "And then what? Suspension? Expulsion? You want to hand Caleb exactly what he wants?" I spun around. The path was empty – just us and the streetlights and the sound of a party still thumping three blocks away. "You go back there and hit someone and you're the violent transfer again. That's the headline. That's all anyone remembers." "I don't care about headlines." "You should. Because I care about you playing hockey and staying enrolled and not giving Caleb ammunition to–"