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I answered. He matched my pace. He looked taller than I remembered, or maybe it was the way he carried himself now. Like he'd been holding something heavy for months and had finally set it down. The Pack Investigations thing wrapped up three weeks ago. Cooperative statement, formal reprimand, some community service in the pack territory. No criminal charges because they decided the rogue stuff was more coerced than intentional. He was still at Moonstone, still taking classes, but off the hockey team. "I wanted to talk to you," he said.

It doesn't matter how many years pass. Perpetrators have strong imprints on their victims. And sure enough, my senses don’t lie, Reid Maddox steps out. Paxon Pack royalty, my personal fucking hell. I swear the concrete trembles beneath his feet. My brain fries trying to process what the hell is happening. Why the two Alphas from rival packs, and rival hockey teams are standing right here, together, waiting like this is some kind of casual airport pickup. Royalty. Both of them. Huge, tall, arrogant dicks, too handsome for the eyes.

I turn the puck over one more time, slower now, and something cold and strange moves through my chest. Caspian carries a lucky puck. Has for years, apparently I overheard Riven mention it once in passing, something about how Beckett sleeps with it under his pillow, how no one's ever supposed to touch it or even acknowledge it exists because that's the kind of superstition that runs so deep it's become structural, load-bearing, the kind of thing you can't remove without something else collapsing. Under his pillow. I look down at the puck in my hand. Look at my bed. Look at the pillow I just pulled it out from under.

I passed the puck back and forth with the team, skating around the rink before Coach Darren called us into position. The first drill started, and I received the puck and passed it immediately. Everything was going well…at least that's what I convinced myself to believe. No thinking of Ava, or her fucking lips, or whatever had happened last night, or what I probably wished would happen again. Just me, concentrating and—"Duke!” I heard my name from the coach, breaking me off my thoughts, and it was then I realized I had missed a pass. Shit. “Focus,” Coach Darren shouted.

“And you know I always sit on the floor because that couch will probably eat me alive.” “You’ve never had a problem before. Have you experienced life in a castle and now my house is not good enough for you anymore.” As he said that, his gaze shifted to something behind her. Instantly his expression became dark. “Who are you?” Puckett was standing at the edge of the room, trying to make his face as neutral as possible and keep himself from fidgeting. He cleared his throat and rubbed his hands in his pants. “I’m Ace Puckett, sir.”

:Do you know what he's talking about? :I am sorry, Warrior, but I do not.: Rhychard turned back to Pux, a sigh escaping his lips. "Okay, so what is your job?" Pux walked across the floor toward the kitchen table, his arms now swinging at his sides. He just stared up at Rhychard as he passed him. Once he reached the table, he swung his arms upward as he squatted down and then leaped onto the table. Rhychard's mouth dropped open at the four-foot jump, but he didn't say anything. He just watched as the gnome walked over to the other two and snatched the cheese puff out of their hands. Walking back over, he dropped to the edge of the table and sat, his legs dangling over the edge. Taking a bite

We reached for the puck at the same time, our sticks colliding loudly. I managed to knock the puck loose, but Dorian was right behind me. He suddenly swoooped his stick in between my legs and tapped the puck away to someone on his team. Suddenly I realized I was in the way of my team’s net. I tried to pivot and get out of the way, but it was too late. Jaxon took the winning shot and the puck was sent flying my way. It connected with the back of my knee and I felt my leg buckle, my body weight crashing down onto the ice as a flash of white exploded in my vision.

My eyes focused on the game that was going on in front of me. The movement on the ice was smooth and very fast. It was hard to focus on the puck because one minute, you'd think it was on this player's stick, the next, it's on another player's. The second started to count down and the screams continued. Somehow, the goalie of the team was able to kick out the puck before it entered the net. “Yes.” I mumbled to myself. They were leading the rival team by two goals already. They still had thirty seconds left. Liam played into my view and my eyes focused on him as he played with the puck and in a few seconds, he passed it to Ethan and then there was another goal.

Eva just looks at us and says, “We jump.” “Jump? This isn’t the Olympics. This is Cheese Puff, not a warhorse!” I protest. Cheese Puff clears the log like a champion. I nearly fall off and eat moss. Parker’s horse, Doom Bringer, grazes dramatically for ten minutes before even considering movement. “Majestic,” Eva deadpans as Parker scrambles to remount. Hours pass with more teasing, more chocolate theft, and more proof that Parker’s singing voice should be considered a violation of international law.

My phone buzzed and I pulled it out smiling when I saw the contact Pizza Boy I had no idea what came over me last night, when I saw the serviette with his name and number I couldn't help but send him a text and from there I found out he was only a year older than me, which was surprising since I expected him to be some hormonal teenager. No Instead his name was Liam and was working only part time for the extra cash to get him through law school, I guess everyone had an interesting story, all you had to do was listen to it. Morning Cheese-puffs, how's work? I scoffed at the nick name? Was that meant to be a pun? Even before I placed my phone done it buzzed again and I shook my head, I liked f