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"Liam, you know the rules. I’m not supposed to let students look at the tapes. If something was stolen, you have to file an official report with the Dean’s office. Then they send a request to us, and we handle it." "Dave, please," I pleaded. I reached into my bag and pulled out a brand new hockey puck. I had signed it in silver ink right before I came over. I pushed it across the counter. "I can't go to the Dean. Not yet. It’s... it’s a personal matter. If I file a report, it becomes a whole thing. I just want to see who was there. Just for a second." Dave looked at the puck. He looked at me. He was a good guy, and I knew he wanted to help. He sighed and picked up the puck, slipping it into

I stand there stunned unsure what to do when Paxton comes walking out in a pair of basketball shorts. “You wouldn’t even speak to any of us. You sent us away that night then I texted you. How was I supposed to know you broke your phone and wouldn’t receive it?” I am confused for a second at his words before I realize he thinks I am talking about the questions I asked about magic and the Full Moon Ball. “That’s not what I meant. You can shift. You have a wolf and you never told me.” “Very few knew. It was my secret.” “But why keep it a secret?’

The silent treatment is always the best choice. Spill your secrets, Puckett. Forget your pain and speak. “Hmm.” He was stupid to think I never noticed him following closely behind me last night. He was extremely foolish as he reeked of alcohol. I am a werewolf and for a minute, I felt insulted that in his little chicken brain he thought I wouldn’t detect him. I’m a fucking Luna and he should think twice before ever crossing his masters ever again. Puckett shook, his eyes filled with resignation. “Pardon me, Luna. Please.” He wept, his weathered self looking even more pathetic.

Liam teases her. She smiles but says nothing while setting the puck down. I suddenly get nervous at what she is planning to do. She closes her eyes and opens them, looking up at Liam who is leaned over the table with his hand on his mallet, having no idea this girl is about to pull some voodoo shit on his ass. She slowly forms and O with her lips and blows out gently, as if trying to blow a bubble and the puck shoots across the table and right into the goal Liams jaw drops for a split moment.

Mom had her hands pressed to her mouth. Two minutes left. We needed one more. The opposing team fought desperately, protecting their lead like lions guarding a kill. But they were tired. Scared. Starting to believe they might actually lose this. Forty seconds on the clock. I got the puck behind their net. No angle for a shot. But Aaron was positioned perfectly in front. I passed it through two defenders' skates, a no-look pass that shouldn't have worked but did. Aaron slapped it home. Five to five.

Her mask slid to a stop near my feet, staring up at me like an accusation. I picked up the puck from the bench, my hand trembling, not from fear, but from the adrenaline still coursing through my veins. I fired it as hard as I could against the wall, the sound of the impact sharp and violent. The NHL game was my last chance to prove myself, my final shot at a career I'd bled for. And I would make it count, especially now that Nico had set me up for failure and had dangled my reputation and my relationships like bait.

They read aloud by the fireplace: fairy tales, poetry, the illustrated encyclopedia Mara had claimed as her favorite. One snowy evening in December, after the children were asleep, Veronica found Ethan in his study staring at his laptop screen. The light cast blue shadows across his face. “What is it?” she asked. He turned the screen toward her. An email from an unfamiliar address. Subject line: *For Your Consideration.* The message was brief. *Attached is an unpublished manuscript excerpt. Thought you might find it interesting. Best wishes.* The attachment was a P*F titled “The Cost of Secrets – Chapter One.”

A short dry sound, more exhale than amusement. Then he looked at her. Not quickly. Actually looked, the way people do when they think they won't get caught doing it. The jersey hit her mid-thigh. His number. His name stretched across the back of it in block letters. She was swimming in it, arms crossed defensively over her chest and still radiating the specific energy of someone prepared to die on every hill available to her this morning. He didn't let the thought sit long. That was his first jersey. His first hat trick. Fifteen years old and certain the world was ending every time he touched the ice. He hadn't thought twice last night—Just handed it over.

I wrote: subject appears unaware of surroundings. Then the puck came out of nowhere a teammate's stray shot, fast and low and without looking, without breaking the backward drift, Declan Mercer redirected it with one casual flick of his stick toward the net, where it hit the back corner so cleanly that the goalie didn't even flinch in time. The team responded with the specific noise of people who have seen this before and are annoyed they're still impressed by it. He hadn't looked down once. I crossed out appears unaware of surroundings.

I said, turning my laptop around so he could see the video file I had ripped from the athletic department's internal database. “Look right here. Every time the puck goes into the corner during a man-advantage, you shift your weight to your right skate a second too early. You’re anticipating the hit from behind because you’re trying to keep your head up and look for the cameras. It’s making your transition lag by half a second. The State scouts are going to notice it before the championship." Jaxson stared at the screen, then looked up at me, a slow, incredulous grin spreading across his face.