Off the Ice
"It’s hockey ice, pixie. It doesn't yield. If you don't hit your entries perfectly straight, the steel will catch."
"I know how to handle hard ice, Jaxson," Liam whispered, his voice a low, raspy silk that carried easily through the quiet vault of the room. He didn't pull away from the touch. Instead, he tilted his head up, his dark blue eyes meeting the captain’s volatile gaze with a fierce, quiet intensity. "I spent the first ten years of my life training in unheated community rinks in upstate New York. I don't need a heated arena to hold an edge."