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the ice with thousands of

t was all becaus

me him for t

actly how I

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opped believing in him, I was the

had used my father's influence w

y didn't know w

was the commissioner of t

n. Coaches answered to him, team owners res

to use his n

eople looked at a player. One recommendation cou

y identity a secret. I wanted

Draven... My rules became flexible, whenev

her, a suggestion passed to the

at the r

I couldn't afford w

close because

l thinks she

weight was the first thing they saw and the only thing they remembered, so I learned to ignor

ad player, he's

his head. One mistake and everything c

h my father, a recommendation for a training camp, an introduction to the r

self and I simply made sure people gave him the chance and every

raven wins, everything to

lightly as the cro

Draven!

going to win tod

faded. "

pposing captain stepped onto the ice.My expression ch

, observant, the kind of player wh

ay focused," I murmu

hing hit my leg, i

"Ow! Ow!" I hissed, gripping th

ise shifted, p

e laughter, I l

seats away, smirking

s.n"Did you just

lax... it was an acciden

rted, and so by then the atte

ntly. "Isn't she the

embarra

ldn't eve

ened. I pushed

whispered.

orn slightly during the fall, when they

I muttered, pulling at my cl

." I call

ce, I stared at him,

thought he would come to help me, then he

aven?" I whispered, like

ack, something insid

es, but I refused

ut, Then...Foot

aised my he

n unreadable, the noise b

o be laughed at. Without a word, he took off

s ...Cassian, than