The Ice Queen's Comeback
"Some of us are heading to the diner down the highway before we catch our flights. Do you maybe... want to join?"
Before I could answer, a shadow fell over the bench. Saraya stepped into the row, her heavy winter coat slung over her arm, her eyes flashing with a cold, triumphant light. She didn't look like the same captain who had been humiliated and benched just twenty-four hours prior. Instead, she looked like a predator who had finally scented blood.
"Don't waste your breath, Chloe," Saraya said, her voice dripping with a sharp, mocking sweetness. "I’m sure the Ice Queen has far more important private appointments to keep on this empty campus. After all, she’s so good at getting individua