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"What do you mean?" "The guy is a walk-over, Teo. I'm just playing him," I said smoothly, taking another sip of my drink. "He's the department's top student, right? I needed my macroeconomics grades up so coach wouldn't bench me before the NHL scouts show up. So I made a move." "A move?" Teo repeated, leaning closer to hear me over the bass. "Like what?" "Let's just say I found out a little secret about our golden boy," I chuckled, tapping the edge of my cup. "Nathan is gay. Fully in the closet and completely terrified of anyone finding out."

"You only just heard it yourself, Noah. It's been maybe twenty minutes." "I don't know," he said, scrolling through something on his phone with shaking hands. "Someone must have had access to Whitfield's files, or maybe he had a backup somewhere, or…" He stopped, his face going even paler. "Ivy, it's everywhere. Sports blogs, T*****r, even mainstream outlets are already picking it up." I stepped closer, reading over his shoulder, my stomach twisting at the headlines already multiplying across his screen. Groundbreakers Captain Faked Injury Reports to Stay on Ice. NHL Prospect's Career-Ending Secret Revealed. Noah Carter's Fall From Grace Complete.

Nichole gave me an apologetic look even though she was hurt as well. Dumpp!! In the middle of our heated argument, we heard a loud sound which made us shriek extremely. "What the heck is this?" Natasha asked dramatically but her guts shut down when she saw Blake who threw the book on the table. "Read the book and find the details. Don't bother her again." He threw a murderous look to everyone particularly towards Natasha before made his way God knows where. "Rude much." I heard her mutter under her breath before she took the book "The Hidden Secrets" from the table and flipped the first page.

“Apologies. That comment breached standard territory courtesy rules.” “Eh,” Nyra mutters, her jaw working through another massive bite of meat. She takes a deep gulp of the hot brew to clear her throat. “My wolf calculates the strike was entirely warranted. By the way, Alpha, if your memory is logging preferences, my own cup takes the dark roast completely black. Zero cream.” A sudden burst of raw amusement hits my throat, and I nearly spray cloudberry cream across the table. But the humor evaporates the exact next microsecond. “What does your tongue mean when you say we do nothing? This media strike systematically undermines the entire elite sports brand my line has labored for multiple moo

The connection flickered like a severed wire, and I swore I felt him flinch. They won. Naturally. The scoreboard might as well have been tattooed with their names before the puck ever dropped. My issue wasn’t their skill, it was their public image. Some of the boys’ online profiles were a PR nightmare: shirtless beer pong tournaments, questionable captions, and one particularly ill-advised TikTok dance involving a hockey stick and far too little clothing. That was why I was here. To fix them. And to get close enough to Riley to kill him.

HOCKEY PLAYER NIKOLAI CARRINGTON SAID TO BE MENTALLY UNSTABLE FANS QUESTION WHETHER HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE PLAYING The words blurred together as my eyes struggled to focus. Thousands of comments filled the page. Some demanded psychological evaluations. Others claimed I was a danger to those around me. More were openly suggesting that I be removed from professional hockey entirely. I felt like I was drowning. Every headline was worse than the last. Every accusation stripped away another piece of my life. Then a final video began playing. I immediately recognized it. A fight from years ago.

The logistical nightmare of an NHL road trip always fell on Marcus, but this time, the universe seemed to actively cooperate with his high-stress media strategy. Because of an alleged "clerical error" with the luxury hotel booking in Manhattan ahead of the New York Vipers game, the Boston Blizzard’s front office had a massive problem on their hands. Or rather, a massive opportunity.

Those who were present knew this, just as those who watched the Live game on television, and I wondered how they had expected that they would get away with this. “The senior board members of the hockey game should be scrapped! They are full of bias!” “Sean Noble is one big mistake of a hockey player. I said this when he was awarded at that damn event and some of his loyal fans attacked me…now see!” “Give Chase Maddox, A.K.A Ice King, his well-deserved award!” “This isn’t right!”

“Yeah, baby bi boy, I really do. How many out gay men do you see in the NHL?” He looks away, lips twisting as he searches his memory. “Uh… there was that defenseman for the Rockies a few years ago…” “Noah Adams,” I say flatly. “Nice kid. Nobody remembers him though. Signed, benched, forgotten. Retired early.” His voice drops. “I didn’t know that.” “That’s the point. It’s not dramatic. It’s quiet. You just… don’t talk about it. And I’m fine with that. I don’t need anyone in my business.”

“You mean how you handle it. I didn’t ask for your help.” “You don’t have a choice,” Nikolai says simply, stepping closer, his presence pressing against me like a shadow I can’t escape. “The league wants answers. The media wants a story. And if you don’t take control of the narrative, they will.” I don’t fucking care about the media. I care about the fact that I was just exposed in front of the entire hockey world, and I had no say in it. I scoff. “So what? You want us to sit down in front of cameras and hold hands?”